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The Killer Is Loose(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-02-03
66%
56 Votes
Time: 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 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Crown Productions
Movie: The Killer Is Loose
Top 10 Billed Cast
Joseph Cotten
Detective Sam Wagner
Rhonda Fleming
Lila Wagner
Wendell Corey
Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Alan Hale Jr.
Detective Denny
Michael Pate
Detective Chris Gillespie
John Larch
Otto Flanders
Virginia Christine
Mary Gillespie
Paul Bryar
Greg Boyd
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