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Crime Wave (1954)
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Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. Director:André De Toth |
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Det. Lt. Sims
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Gene Nelson | ... |
Steve Lacey
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Phyllis Kirk | ... |
Ellen Lacey
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Ted de Corsia | ... |
'Doc' Penny
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Ben Hastings
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Jay Novello | ... |
Dr. Otto Hessler
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Nedrick Young | ... |
Gat Morgan
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James Bell | ... |
Daniel O'Keefe
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Dub Taylor | ... |
Gus Snider
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Gayle Kellogg | ... |
Detective Kelly
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Mack Chandler | ... |
Sully
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Storyline
Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Wounded, Morgan flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey, who's paroled, with a new life and lovely wife, and can't afford to be caught associating with old cronies. But homicide detective Sims wants to use Steve to help him catch Penny and Hastings, who in turn extort his help in a bank job. Is there no way out for Steve? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Steve Lacey: Once you do a stretch, you're never clean again! You're never free! They've always got a string on you, and they tug, tug, tug! Before you know it, you're back again!
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Music by George A. Minor
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Trivia
A few seconds of footage in Crime Wave are borrowed from _Deadly Is The Female (1950)_. When suspects are rounded up following the attack on the gas station, we see police cars stopping by the entrance of a police station and letting out their suspects. This piece of footage can be seen in Deadly Is The Female, just after the payroll holdup, when police launch their dragnet. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Nedrick Young (as Gat Morgan) is first shot, he grabs his chest by the right pectoral. When he grabs his wound later, it has migrated to the lower center abdomen. See more »Quotes
Ellen Lacey: But you haven't done anything! You're innocent!Steve Lacey: Once you do a stretch, you're never clean again! You're never free! They've always got a string on you, and they tug, tug, tug! Before you know it, you're back again!
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"Bringing in the Sheaves"Music by George A. Minor
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