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The Killer Is Loose (1956)

The Killer Is Loose poster
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective accidentally causes a bank robber's wife to be killed. The robber escapes from prison to get revenge on the detective and his wife.

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What happens

The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 American crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey. An independent production, it was released by United Artists. It is based on a 1953 novelette published in The Saturday Evening Post, written by John and Ward Hawkins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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