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The Killer Is Loose( 1956)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Joseph Cotten

      Detective Sam Wagner

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      Rhonda Fleming

      Lila Wagner

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      Wendell Corey

      Leon 'Foggy' Poole

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      Alan Hale Jr.

      Detective Denny

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      Michael Pate

      Detective Chris Gillespie

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      John Larch

      Otto Flanders

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      Dee J. Thompson

      Grace Flanders

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      John Beradino

      Mac

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      Virginia Christine

      Mary Gillespie

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      Paul Bryar

      Greg Boyd

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      Brick Sullivan

      Bus Passenger (uncredited)

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      Stanley Adams

      Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

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      Leon Alton

      Bank Robber (uncredited)

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      Don Beddoe

      Mr. Freeman (uncredited)

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      Gail Bonney

      Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

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      John Cliff

      Ed (uncredited)

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      Richard Collier

      Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

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      Martha Crawford

      Doris Poole (uncredited)

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      Richard H. Cutting

      Judge (uncredited)

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      John Dennis

      Highway Patrolman at Roadblock (uncredited)

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      Lawrence Dobkin

      Bank Robber (uncredited)

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      George Eldredge

      Police Captain (uncredited)

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      Rudy Germane

      Bailiff (uncredited)

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      Frank Gerstle

      Holdup Man (uncredited)

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      Tim Graham

      Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

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      William Hudson

      Detective on Stakeout (uncredited)

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      Michael Jeffers

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Carol Kelly

      Miss Shaw (uncredited)

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      John Phillips

      Police Detective (uncredited)

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      Stafford Repp

      Captain Lyle Snow (uncredited)

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      Arthur Space

      Bill (uncredited)

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      Charles Wagenheim

      Clothing Store Owner (uncredited)

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      Martha Wentworth

      Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • prison
    • escape
    • trial
    • revenge
    • film noir
    • inside man
    • police detective
    • courtroom
    • bank teller
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    • innocent person killed
    • bank robbery attempt
    • prison farm
    • revenge murderer
    • vengeance
    • fearful wife
    • revenge thriller
    • fugitive murderer
    • husband wife conflict
    • revenge for bullying
    • avenging husband