The Killer Is Loose (1956)
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.
Director:
Budd Boetticher
Writer:
Harold Medford
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Joseph Cotten as Detective Sam Wagner |
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Rhonda Fleming as Lila Wagner |
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Wendell Corey as Leon 'Foggy' Poole |
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Alan Hale Jr. as Detective Denny |
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Michael Pate as Detective Chris Gillespie |
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John Larch as Otto Flanders |
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Dee J. Thompson as Grace Flanders |
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John Beradino as Mac |
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Virginia Christine as Mary Gillespie |
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Paul Bryar as Greg Boyd |
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Brick Sullivan as Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
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Stanley Adams as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited) |
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Leon Alton as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
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Don Beddoe as Mr. Freeman (uncredited) |
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Gail Bonney as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited) |
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John Cliff as Ed (uncredited) |
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Richard Collier as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited) |
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Martha Crawford as Doris Poole (uncredited) |
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Richard H. Cutting as Judge (uncredited) |
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John Dennis as Highway Patrolman at Roadblock (uncredited) |
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Lawrence Dobkin as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
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George Eldredge as Police Captain (uncredited) |
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Rudy Germane as Bailiff (uncredited) |
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Frank Gerstle as Holdup Man (uncredited) |
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Tim Graham as Apartment House Manager (uncredited) |
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William Hudson as Detective on Stakeout (uncredited) |
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Michael Jeffers as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
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Carol Kelly as Miss Shaw (uncredited) |
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John Phillips as Police Detective (uncredited) |
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Stafford Repp as Captain Lyle Snow (uncredited) |
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Arthur Space as Bill (uncredited) |
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Charles Wagenheim as Clothing Store Owner (uncredited) |
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Martha Wentworth as Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited) |
| Directing | Budd Boetticher | Director |
| Production | Robert L. Jacks | Producer |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Music |
| Art | A. Leslie Thomas | Art Direction |
| Sound | Wayne Fury | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Frank Webster | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ida Banks | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Carruth | Wardrobe Designer |
| Art | Morris Hoffman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Sarris | Costume Design |
| Directing | Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| Production | Clarence Eurist | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Mary Gibsone | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gustaf Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Buddy Myers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Masters | Wardrobe Designer |
| Writing | John Hawkins | Story |
| Writing | Harold Medford | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ward Hawkins | Story |
| Camera | Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George A. Gittens | Editor |