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The Killer is Loose

The Killer is Loose

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 3, 1956

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Crime, Thriller

User Score

66%

Original Title

The Killer is Loose

Production Companies

Crown Productions, United Artists

Director

Budd Boetticher

Description

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.