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Storm Fear (1956)

Storm Fear poster
Directed by
Cornel Wilde
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wounded bank robber and his gang hide out at his brother's remote mountain cabin. While there, he rekindles his relationship with his brother's wife and grows close to her son.

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What happens

Storm Fear is a 1955 American crime drama film noir directed by Cornel Wilde in his directorial debut, and starring Wilde, Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea, and Lee Grant. It follows a bank robber and his gang who seek shelter at his brother's mountain cabin, where he rekindles a romance with his brother's wife and connects with her son, whom he believes he fathered. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Clinton Seeley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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