The Killer Is Loose

Name: The Killer Is Loose
Director: Budd Boetticher
Released: 1956
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr., Michael Pate

1956

Dir. Budd Boetticher

1h 13m

USA

Synopsis

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

Principal Cast

Detective Chris Gillespie

Crew

Director

Budd Boetticher

Director

Budd Boetticher

1916 – 2001

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. (July 29, 1916 in Chicago – November 29, 2001 in Ramona, California) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood. He is best remembered for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s, starring Randolph Scott. Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, a…

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