THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) - Jan. 26, 2007
A surprisingly effective thriller about a cop who accidentally shoots a criminal's wife, and then prepares for the worst when the criminal escapes from prison. Though the film is, for the most part, blandly directed by Budd Boetticher, it still manages to be quite tense in parts. I particularly liked the scene where the escaped criminal stops in at the house of a man he used to know in the army; I also liked the finale. Joseph Cotten was really good as the cop, as was Wendell Corey, who gave a nicely sinister performance as the determined criminal. ***1/2
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