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The Killer Is Loose

He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!

  • Movie
  • 1956
  • NR
  • 1h 13m

Directed by Budd Boetticher

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 62 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Joseph Cotten

    Joseph CottenDetective Sam Wagner

  • Rhonda Fleming

    Rhonda FlemingLila Wagner

  • Wendell Corey

    Wendell CoreyLeon 'Foggy' Poole

  • Alan Hale Jr.

    Alan Hale Jr.Detective Denny

  • Michael Pate

    Michael PateDetective Chris Gillespie

  • John Larch

    John LarchOtto Flanders

  • Dee J. ThompsonGrace Flanders

  • John Beradino

    John BeradinoMac

  • Virginia Christine

    Virginia ChristineMary Gillespie

  • Paul Bryar

    Paul BryarGreg Boyd

  • Brick SullivanBus Passenger (uncredited)

  • Stanley Adams

    Stanley AdamsHonor Farm Guard (uncredited)

  • Leon AltonBank Robber (uncredited)

  • Don Beddoe

    Don BeddoeMr. Freeman (uncredited)

  • Gail Bonney

    Gail BonneyMrs. Andrews (uncredited)

  • John Cliff

    John CliffEd (uncredited)

  • Richard Collier

    Richard CollierAssistant District Attorney (uncredited)

  • Martha Crawford

    Martha CrawfordDoris Poole (uncredited)

Director
Budd Boetticher
Writer
Harold Medford, John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins
Music
Lionel Newman
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard