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67% Critic Match
The Killer Is Loose
“He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!”
6.7 / 10• 1956• 1h 13m•NR• English
CrimeThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Joseph Cotten
Detective Sam Wagner
Lead
Rhonda Fleming
Lila Wagner
Wendell Corey
Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Alan Hale Jr.
Detective Denny
Michael Pate
Detective Chris Gillespie
John Larch
Otto Flanders
DJ
Dee J. Thompson
Grace Flanders
John Beradino
Mac
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Budd Boetticher's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Killer Is Loose is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
