The Killer is Loose

February. 03,1956      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
John Beradino as  Mac
Virginia Christine as  Mary Gillespie
Paul Bryar as  Greg Boyd
Stanley Adams as  Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)

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