The Killer Is Loose (1956)

  • NR
  • 02/03/1956 (US)
  • Crime, Thriller
  • 1h 13m

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 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.

Budd Boetticher

Director

Harold Medford

Screenplay

John Hawkins

Story

Ward Hawkins

Story

Cast

Joseph Cotten's headshot

Joseph Cotten

Detective Sam Wagner
Rhonda Fleming's headshot

Rhonda Fleming

Lila Wagner
Wendell Corey's headshot

Wendell Corey

Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Alan Hale Jr.'s headshot

Alan Hale Jr.

Denny
Michael Pate's headshot

Michael Pate

Detective Chris Gillespie
John Larch's headshot

John Larch

Otto Flanders
Dee J. Thompson's headshot

Dee J. Thompson

Grace Flanders
John Beradino's headshot

John Beradino

Mac

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