Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

kenjha A bank robber escapes from prison and seeks out the cop who sent him up. Boetticher made this just before making his mark with a series of fine Westerns starring Randolph Scott. He really found his calling in Westerns, making only one non-Western after this one. He does OK in this short crime drama, but can't overcome the mediocre script. Cotten is earnest as the cop. Corey is effective as the disturbed, cold-blooded killer who targets Fleming, Cotten's wife, because the latter accidentally killed Corey's wife. Also playing cops are Hale (Skipper of "Gilligan's Island") and Beradino (long-time star of soap "General Hospital").

Bucs1960 Are you kidding me? Wendell Corey usually played the boring, uptight second lead in his film roles so his character in this little "B" noir is a huge surprise. I never thought he was much of an actor but he really lets loose here as the bank clerk who goes off the rails and comes out killing everyone in sight. He is out for revenge on Joseph Cotten who sent him up the river for his participation as the "inside man" in a bank heist which resulted in Corey's wife being killed accidentally. After his escape from an Honor Farm where he was serving the remainder of his sentence, he starts stalking Cotten and his wife (Rhonda Fleming) with a few incidental murders along the way. The film ends as you would expect......it's not a complicated film but is somehow believable. A great addition to your noir library.

The_Void I watched this film purely because the plot sounded interesting; but unfortunately, it wasn't justified with an involving film and the result is a thriller that has little to recommend it for. The plot is rather simple and stays pretty streamlined for the duration. A robber's wife is accidentally killed by a cop; and on the way to jail, the robber promises the cop that he will 'settle the score' for killing his wife. Two and a half years down the line, the robber has become a model prisoner and is moved to a minimum security prison; where he escapes and goes on the run, with the cop's wife in his sights. The most remarkable thing about this film is the lead performance from Wendell Corey. He provides a different kind of villain to what most people will be used to seeing; he's calm, cool and collected and clearly only intending to kill the cop's wife because he wants revenge, not because he's a deranged psycho. The film lacks atmosphere and it's far too talky as well, which bring it down and takes the edge off it; leaving the film feeling rather boring. Joseph Cotten never really gets involved with character either, and this performance doesn't ever allow him to flex his acting muscle. At seventy minutes, the film is rather short and I guess it didn't cost much to make either. I don't recommend anyone goes out of their way to see this.

blanche-2 "The Killer is Loose" is a 1956 B film directed by Budd Boetticher, and it's pretty good. It stars Wendell Corey as Leon Poole, a man who is working in a bank when a robbery occurs. It doesn't take long for the police to determine that he's the inside man. They go to his house to arrest him, and he refuses to answer the door, shooting through it. The police break in, the lights are off, and Detective Wagner (Joseph Cotten) sees a form emerging from the bedroom and shoots, killing Poole's wife. When Poole is sentenced, he promises to pay Wagner back for killing her.I've never understood what happened to Joseph Cotten's career, but by the '50s, he was appearing in B movies after being part of so many important films in the '40s. He's good in this, as is the beautiful Rhonda Fleming, who plays his wife. Corey is excellent as Poole, a disturbed man with a flat affect; he never knew any happiness until he got married and goes crazy when his wife is taken from him.Good noir.