TMDb Rating
6.6/10
58 verified votes
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
CrimeThriller
73 min
"He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!"
Plot Summary
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.
Why this could be the movie
- Plot hook: A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man.
- Genre cues: Crime, Thriller
- Director clue: Budd Boetticher
- Lead cast: Joseph Cotten and Rhonda Fleming
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Keywords to include
CrimeThrillerBudd BoetticherJoseph CottenRhonda Fleming1956
Director
Budd Boetticher
Top Cast
Joseph CottenRhonda FlemingWendell CoreyAlan Hale Jr.Michael Pate
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