"KILLER IN JAILBREAK on vengeance trail!" 01 December 1949 Thriller, Crime 66 mins
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
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Michael O'Shea as Detective Ray Williams
Virginia Grey as Carol
Charles McGraw as Arnold 'Red' Kluger
Julie Bishop as Ann Williams
Frank Conroy as District Attorney Barker MacDonald
Robert Shayne as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Anthony Caruso as Nick Damon
Don McGuire as Joe Turner
Frank Richards as Lefty
Michael McHale as Detective Jensen
Norman Nesbitt as Policeman on Television (uncredited)
Lois Austin as Ann's Friend (uncredited)
Phillip Barnes as Motorcycle Officer (uncredited)
Gregg Barton as Reporter (uncredited)
Barry Brooks as Detective (uncredited)
Devera Burton as Ann's Friend (uncredited)
Felix E. Feist Director
Hugh King Story
Dick Irving Hyland Screenplay
Hugh King Producer
Paul Sawtell Original Music Composer
Harry J. Wild Director of Photography
Samuel E. Beetley Editor
Hugh King Screenplay
Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Charles F. Pyke Art Direction
C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Earl A. Wolcott Sound
Clem Portman Sound
Ernest Bachrach Still Photographer
William Stevens Set Decoration
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On November 11 2018 TCM showed "The Threat" (1949) as its selection for its weekly "Noir Alley" show (Saturday night at midnight ET repeating Sunday ...
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