Without Warning! (1952 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Without Warning!

2005 DVD release of Without Warning! from Dark Sky Films
Directed by Arnold Laven
Produced by Arthur Gardner
Written by William Raynor
Starring Adam Williams
Meg Randall
Ed Binns
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) May 8, 1952 U.S. release
Running time 75 min
IMDb profile

Without Warning! is a black-and-white 1952 film shot in film noir style. The film is a semidocumentary-style film with police procedural voice-over narration in parts. Without Warning! was released commercially for the first time on DVD in 2005. Previously, the film was considered lost and unavailable for viewings.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A quiet gardener living in Los Angeles, picks up blond women and is murdering them with garden shears. The police attempt to track him down but the man continues to kill. The killer lives in a shack on a hill over looking Los Angeles, California (Chavez Ravine).

[edit] Cast