| Release Date: | Mar 1956 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Film-Noir / Crime |
| Cast: | Joseph Cotten (Det. Sam Wagner), Rhonda Fleming (Lila Wagner), Wendell Corey (Leon 'Foggy' Poole), Alan Hale Jr. (Denny (as Alan Hale)), Michael Pate (Det. Chris Gillespie), John Larch (Otto Flanders), Dee J. Thompson (Grace Flanders), John Beradino (Mac), Virginia Christine (Mary Gillespie), Paul Bryar (Greg Boyd), Frank Gerstle (Holdup man (unconfirmed)), Stanley Adams (Honor Farm guard (uncredited)), Don Beddoe (Mr. Freeman (uncredited)), Gail Bonney (Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)), John Cliff (Ed (uncredited)), Richard Collier (Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)), Martha Crawford (Mrs. Doris Poole (uncredited)), Richard H. Cutting (Judge (uncredited)), John Dennis (Highway Patrolman at roadblock...), Lawrence Dobkin (Bank robber (uncredited)), George Eldredge (Police captain (uncredited)), Tim Graham (Apartment House Manager (uncredited)), William Hudson (Detective on stakeout (uncredited)), John Phillips (Police Detective (uncredited)), Stafford Repp (State Police Capt. Lyle Snow...), Arthur Space (Bill, Police Chief (uncredited)), Brick Sullivan (Bus Passenger (uncredited)), Charles Wagenheim (Clothing Store Owner (uncredited)), Martha Wentworth (Apartment House Manager's Wife...) |
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. About three years later, Poole (until then a model prisoner) abruptly takes his chance to kill a guard and escape. It's clear during the ensuing manhunt that Poole is obsessed in pursuit of a single end; but not quite the end everyone supposes.
