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The Killer Is Loose

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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.



The Killer Is Loose
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by Budd Botticher
Release Date 1956
Language English
Studio Crown Productions
Distributor United Artists
Main Cast
Character Actor
Leon Poole Wendell Corey
Detective Sam Wagner Joseph Cotten
Otto Flanders John Larch
Detective Denny Alan Hale Jr.
Det. Chris Gillespie Michael Pate




The following weapons were used in the film The Killer Is Loose:



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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 (John Larch). The movie was filmed in September 1955 and the Model 28 was introduced in 1954. There is a strong possibility that this was the first appearance of the Model 28 in a movie.

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S&W Model 28 Highway Patrolman with 4" bl.
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Poole (Wendell Corey) with the Smith & Wesson Model 28.
Note the four-inch barrel. The Model 27 was made with the 3.5-inch barrel.
A demonstration of the power of the magnum revolver when Poole shoots Flanders (John Larch). The sound effect is even more impressive.

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.

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Colt Official Police

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Poole (Wendell Corey) with a Colt Official Police at the beginning of the movie.

Colt Detective Special

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Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special
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Detective Sam Wagner (Joseph Cotten) wields a Colt Detective Special.