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Crime Wave (1954) 7.3
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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Title: Crime Wave (1954)
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| Sterling Hayden | ... |
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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| Charles Bronson | ... |
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 | ... |
Detective Sully
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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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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 March 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Von der Polizei gehetzt See more »Filming Locations:
Whiteman Airport - 12657 Osborne Street, Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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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
Played by the Salvation Army band
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A few seconds of footage in Crime Wave are borrowed from Gun Crazy. 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
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
Played by the Salvation Army band
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I was lucky enough to see this little slice of film crime noir at the LACMA during the weekly Tuesday Matinée, and let me tell you, but for all the old ladies and grandpas in the theater I felt I had been transported back to the golden age of Los Angeles Film Noir. This title ranks up there with White Heat as one of the best crime thrillers using the City of Angels as its locale. After renting Kubrick's The Killing on DVD I jumped at the chance to see another heist film with Sterling Hayden, in my opinion the meanest S.O.B. Noir actor. He is awesome as usual in this movie with his characteristic scowl frozen on his face. Also for a film made half a century ago it has remarkably stood up to the test of time quite well. It's really a lean, mean little crime thriller. Please whoever owns the rights to this gem, release this forgotten classic on DVD!! You still have the chance to release a 50th anniversary edition this year!!