Crime Wave (1954 film)
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| Crime Wave | |
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 Crime Wave aka The City is Dark movie poster |
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| Directed by | André De Toth |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Written by | Bernard Gordon Crane Wilbur Richard Wormser |
| Starring | Sterling Hayden Gene Nelson Phyllis Kirk |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | January 12 1954 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 73 min. |
| Language | English |
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Crime Wave is a 1954 movie, in film noir style, directed by André De Toth. The film is also known as The City is Dark.
An con is released from prison and tries to start a new life. He's hounded by a hard-nosed cop who doesn't think he can reform. The ex-con and his wife's troubles get worse when three San Quentin prison escapees show up at his house wanting to hide out from the law. Fearing for his wife's safety, the con decides to let the men stay. Later, the fugitives try to force the man into robbing a bank with them.
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[edit] Main cast
- Sterling Hayden as Detective Lieutenant Sims
- Gene Nelson as Steve Lacey
- Phyllis Kirk as Ellen Lacey
- Ted de Corsia as 'Doc' Penny
- Charles Bronson as Ben Hastings (Bronson is credited as Charles Buchinsky)
- Timothy Carey as Johnny Haslett
[edit] Trivia
- The following are taken from Blake Lucas' film note in Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style[1]
- It was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post short story, "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
- The film was shot in Los Angeles and Glendale, California.
- Filming completed December 3, 1952.
- Besides The City is Dark, another working title for this film was Don't Cry Baby.
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[edit] Reference
- ^ Silver, A., Ward, Elizabeth (1992), 67, Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, The Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York ISBN 0-87951-479-5
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