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Crime Wave is a american film of genre Thriller directed by André de Toth released in USA on 6 march 1954 with Sterling Hayden
Crime Wave (1954)
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Add to a movie listCrime Wave (also known as The City is Dark) is a 1954 film noir, directed by André De Toth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post - "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
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'Doc' Penny (Ted de Corsia) and his gang rob a gasoline station and in the process a police officer is killed and one of the gang members is wounded. The wounded thug imposes himself on Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson), an ex-con trying to start a new life, and demands he call a disreputable doctor for help. The doctor arrives, but too late. The gang member is dead. After his death, Lacey calls his parole officer who involves a hard-nosed cop, Detective Lieutenant Sims (Sterling Hayden), who doesn't think he can reform.Actors
Sterling Hayden
(Det. Lt. Sims)
Gene Nelson
(Steve Lacey)
Phyllis Kirk
(Ellen Lacey)
Ted de Corsia
('Doc' Penny)
Charles Bronson
(Ben Hastings)
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