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Crime Wave (also known as The City Is Dark) is a 1954 American film noir starring Sterling Hayden and Gene Nelson, and directed by Andre de Toth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post - "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
Crime Wave: Directed by André De Toth. With Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia. Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- André De Toth
- 1954-03-06
Crime Wave (also known as The City Is Dark) is a 1954 FILM NOlR, directed by Andre DeToth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post - "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins. It stars Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk and Charles Bronson.
- 74 min
- 9.4K
- Primrose Greengage
Brief Synopsis. A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
- Andre Detoth, James Mcmahon
- Sterling Hayden
Wounded, Morgan flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey, who's paroled, with a new life and lovely wife, and can't afford to be caught associating with old cronies.
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Former jailmates make it difficult for a paroled man (Gene Nelson), hounded by a suspicious detective (Sterling Hayden), to go straight.
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- Crime, Drama
Today we observe the 93rd birthday anniversary of legendary cinematic tough guy Charles Bronson. Here he is with Timothy and Jim Hayward in a scene from Andre’ De Toth‘s noir masterpiece Crime Wave (1954). Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky to a Lithuanian coal-mining family in Pennsylvania ... Read full article. See all Crime Wave articles