The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose

73 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 3, 1956

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as 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.

The Killer Is Loose

73 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 3, 1956

The Killer Is Loose
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as 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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers United Artists, Crown Productions
Original title The Killer Is Loose
Directors Mary Gibsone, Dolph Zimmer, Budd Boetticher
Writers Harold Medford, Ward Hawkins, John Hawkins

Cast

Joseph Cotten

as Detective Sam Wagner

Rhonda Fleming

as Lila Wagner

Wendell Corey

as Leon 'Foggy' Poole

Alan Hale Jr.

as Denny

Michael Pate

as Detective Chris Gillespie

John Larch

as Otto Flanders

Dee J. Thompson

as Grace Flanders

John Beradino

as Mac

Virginia Christine

as Mary Gillespie

Paul Bryar

as Greg Boyd

Brick Sullivan

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Stanley Adams

as Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

Leon Alton

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

as Mr. Freeman (uncredited)

Gail Bonney

as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

John Cliff

as Ed (uncredited)

Richard Collier

as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Martha Crawford

as Doris Poole (uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

as Judge (uncredited)

John Dennis

as Highway Patrolman at Roadblock (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin

as Bank Robber (uncredited)

George Eldredge

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Frank Gerstle

as Holdup Man (uncredited)

Tim Graham

as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)

William Hudson

as Detective on Stakeout (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Carol Kelly

as Miss Shaw (uncredited)

John Phillips

as Police Detective (uncredited)

Stafford Repp

as Captain Lyle Snow (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Bill (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim

as Clothing Store Owner (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

as Apartment House Manager's Wife (uncredited)