He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek 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.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Joseph CottenDetective Sam Wagner
- Rhonda FlemingLila Wagner
- Wendell CoreyLeon 'Foggy' Poole
- Alan Hale Jr.Detective Denny
- Michael PateDetective Chris Gillespie
- John LarchOtto Flanders
- Dee J. ThompsonGrace Flanders
- John BeradinoMac
- Virginia ChristineMary Gillespie
- Paul BryarGreg Boyd
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- Budd BoetticherDirector
- Harold MedfordScreenplay
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- George A. GittensEditor
- Robert L. JacksProducer
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