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The Sniper

The Sniper

1952 · 88 min · EN · NR · 6.7 (59 votes)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · Starring Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, Frank Faylen, Richard Kiley · Music George Antheil

“To the police -- Stop me.”

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Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

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A grim, unsettling descent into a killer's psyche. This noir classic offers a tense, atmospheric dive into urban alienation and obsessive violence, feeling like a chillingly intimate portrait of a man unraveling.

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