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''The Killer Is Loose'' is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring [[Joseph Cotten]] and [[Wendell Corey]]. | ''The Killer Is Loose'' is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring [[Joseph Cotten]] and [[Wendell Corey]]. Leon Poole masterminds the robbery of the Savings and Loan where he works. When the police discover he is the inside man they move in to arrest him. Poole's wife is caught in the middle of the gunfight (initiated by Poole) and shot accidentally by Det. Sam Wagner ([[Joseph Cotten]]). Three years later Poole escapes from prison with the intention of killing Wagner's wife as revenge. | ||
[[File:Killer is loose-hs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Killer Is Loose (1956)]] | [[File:Killer is loose-hs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Killer Is Loose (1956)]] | ||
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The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten and Wendell Corey. Leon Poole masterminds the robbery of the Savings and Loan where he works. When the police discover he is the inside man they move in to arrest him. Poole's wife is caught in the middle of the gunfight (initiated by Poole) and shot accidentally by Det. Sam Wagner (Joseph Cotten). Three years later Poole escapes from prison with the intention of killing Wagner's wife as revenge.
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Smith & Wesson Model 28 Highway Patrolman
Probably one of the earliest appearances of .357 Magnum revolver in a Hollywood movie. After Leon Poole (Wendell Corey) escapes from prison he acquires a Smith & Wesson Model 28 Highway Patrolman. The police officers remark on the fact that he has gotten hold of a gun better suited to kill elephants with. In one effective scene he uses it on his old Army sergeant. The movie was filmed in December 1954 and the Model 28 was introduced earlier that year. There is a strong possibility that this was the first appearance of the Model 28 in a movie.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub
One of the suspects in the bank robbery ,at the beginning of the movie, uses a Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snubnose.
