The Killer Is Loose (1956)
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Directors
Budd Boetticher
Cast
Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Alan Hale Jr., Michael Pate
The story
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.
Genres
Drama, Film Noir, crime film, film noir
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