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Det. Sam Wagner
Lila Wagner
Leon Poole
Denny
Detective Chris Gillespie
Otto Flanders
Critic Reviews for The Killer Is Loose
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (2)
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Plays out like some sort of slow-motion fever dream.
May 23, 2006 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
Handed a narrative stuffed with cat-and-mouse violence, the filmmaker plays down dark hysteria in favor of grayish curtness, and the film is no less tense for that.
May 1, 2006 | Full Review… -
Strange, moody film noir, filled with observations on daily life, technology and gender in the 1950's.
August 10, 2011 | Full Review… -
A rather creaky attempt at a film noir with very little of the psychological violence and use of landscape that would define [Boetticher's] later films.
July 25, 2011 | Full Review… -
A typical 1950s noir.
April 14, 2003 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Killer Is Loose
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Nov 23, 2012"The Killer Is Loose" is a watchable police yarn that ultimately suffers from an incompetent final act and a short running time that allows us little interaction with the characters. The performances are all fine, but the action is the kind of stuff you've seen a thousand times before. Still, it works as a great time-passer.Stephen E Super Reviewer
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Feb 17, 2011Decently acted little noir. Wendell Corey didn't have the magnetism to make it as a lead but he was always an excellent supporting player whether he was playing the dark or the light, he's most effective here as the villiain.The story is a straightforward crime drama with no extra frills done on a small budget which is perfect for noir anyway. A feast for any old time movie and TV buff what with the Skipper, Mrs. Olsen and Dr. Steve Hardy from General Hospital all in the same film.jay n Super Reviewer
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Oct 20, 2009Suspenseful from start to finishBrody M Super Reviewer
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Jun 26, 2009good stuff. escaped psycho gunning for a policeman's wife. really tense and well directedStella D Super Reviewer
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