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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
- 9.5K
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Crime Wave (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In Los Angeles, escaped convicts from San Quentin, Doc Penny, Ben Hastings and Gat Morgan, hold up a gas station, and although they get away with a small amount of money, a policeman is killed and Gat is wounded. Leaving behind Gat with part of the loot and a stolen car, Doc and Hastings head south to do a robbery, hoping to trick the police ...
- Andre Detoth, James Mcmahon
- Sterling Hayden
In director Andre De Toth's low-budget, hard-boiled gangster-crime drama, shot on location in 1950s Los Angeles - the tale of an ex-convict and reformed San Quentin parolee Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson) trying to go straight as an airplane mechanic, with loving wife Ellen (Phyllis Kirk):
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Lines between cops and robbers, good and evil, just and unjust — are all obscured in a cacophony of desire by Andre DeToth in “Crime Wave.” Shot in just thirteen days, there is a fittingly relentless rhythm to “Wave,” which assures all involved that — not only does crime never pay…. It also never forgets.
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