Tonight's Movie: The Killer is Loose (1956)
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
THE KILLER IS LOOSE is a very creepy crime noir directed by Budd Boetticher . I loved the deep cast and '50s L.A. area location shooting but wasn't crazy about the plot. All in all, I found it a flawed yet worthwhile film. Joseph Cotten plays Sam Wagner, an L.A. police detective who accidentally shoots and kills the wife of a bank robber, Leon Poole (Wendell Corey), when arresting Poole....