The Killer is Loose

The Killer is Loose

1956 · 73 min · EN · NR · 6.6 (47 votes)
Dir. Budd Boetticher · Starring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr., Michael Pate, John Larch

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

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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.

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A rain-slicked, shadow-drenched descent into obsession. This is a grim, taut cat-and-mouse game where guilt and vengeance fuel a relentless pursuit through the urban night.

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