Joseph Cotten
Det. Sam Wagner
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Jul 25, 2011. Rated: C • Apr 14, 2003. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Humble bank teller Leon Poole (Wendell Corey) participates in a heist that doesn't go as planned. When police...
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The Killer Is Loose. Summaries. An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle. A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man.
1956. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A crook tries to avenge his wife's accidental shooting by a cop. Cast & Crew. Read More. Budd Boetticher. Director. Joseph Cotten. Sam Wagner. Rhonda Fleming. Lila Wagner. Wendell Corey. Leon Poole. Alan Hale [jr.] Sgt. "Denny" Denning.
Directed by. Budd Boetticher. Writing Credits. Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Produced by. Robert L. Jacks. ... producer. Music by. Lionel Newman. Cinematography by. Lucien Ballard. ... director of photography. Editing by. George A. Gittens. ... (as George Gittens) Art Direction by. A. Leslie Thomas. ... (as Leslie Thomas)
Plot. A savings and loan company is robbed by men displaying abnormal familiarity with the building. Police inquiries led by Lt. Sam Wagner discern that soft-spoken bank employee Leon Poole is complicit in the crime.
Overview. A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the 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. Budd Boetticher. Director.
The Killer is Loose (1956) Directed by Budd Boetticher. This gritty noir inverts and interrogates the essential set up of Boetticher’s Ranown Westerns. Here, the solitary figure seeking vengeance is a straight psychopath, a veteran-turned-bank-thief whose wife was killed in a raid lead by Joseph Cotten’s detective.
