The Killer Is Loose
He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!
1956 · 1h 13m · APPROVED
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
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The Killer Is Loose
Overview
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
Director and cast
- Budd Boetticher Director
- Joseph Cotten as Detective Sam Wagner
- Rhonda Fleming as Lila Wagner
- Wendell Corey as Leon 'Foggy' Poole
- Alan Hale Jr. as Denny (as Alan Hale)
- Michael Pate as Detective Chris Gillespie
- John Larch as Otto Flanders
- Dee J. Thompson as Grace Flanders
- John Beradino as Mac
- Virginia Christine as Mary Gillespie
- Paul Bryar Cast
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