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The Walking Target (1960)

The Walking Target poster
Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Genre
crime film, detective film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An ex-con gets out of prison and goes looking for the money he hid before his arrest. He ends up falling for his former partner's widow.

tensenoirishsuspensefulgrittylonesomequick-pacedromantic-undercurrent

What happens

The Walking Target is a 1960 crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Joan Evans, Merry Anders, and Ronald Foster. The screenplay concerns an ex-con who, upon release from prison, sets out to retrieve the $260,000 he hid before he was arrested, and finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former partner in crime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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