Crime Wave

Crime Wave

1953 · 73 min · EN · NR · 7.0 (63 votes)
Dir. André de Toth · Starring Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello · Music David Buttolph

Before your shocked eyes -- the city blasted SIN-SIDE OUT!

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Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

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A suffocating sense of doom hangs heavy in this rain-slicked urban nightmare. Every shadow hides a threat, and every choice feels like a trap. The air crackles with desperation as a man fights to escape his past, only to be pulled back in.

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