15 Nov 1929
Acquitted
A doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.
The Killer Is Loose
He was no ordinary killer... She was no ordinary victim... This is no ordinary motion picture!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Joseph Cotten Detective Sam Wagner
Rhonda Fleming Lila Wagner
Wendell Corey Leon 'Foggy' Poole
Alan Hale Jr. Denny
Michael Pate Detective Chris Gillespie
John Larch Otto Flanders
Dee J. Thompson Grace Flanders
John Beradino Mac
Virginia Christine Mary Gillespie
Paul Bryar Greg Boyd
Brick Sullivan Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Stanley Adams Honor Farm Guard (uncredited)
Leon Alton Bank Robber (uncredited)
Don Beddoe Mr. Freeman (uncredited)
Gail Bonney Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
John Cliff Ed (uncredited)
Richard Collier Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Martha Crawford Doris Poole (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting Judge (uncredited)
John Dennis Highway Patrolman at Roadblock (uncredited)
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