The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten and Wendell Corey.

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"The Killer Is Loose (1956)

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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.

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Poole (Wendell Corey) with the Smith & Wesson Model 28.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

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Poole (Wendell Corey) with a Smith & Wesson Model 10 at the beginning of the movie.