---
title: 'The Killer Is Loose (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Budd Boetticher'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 73
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-killer-is-loose-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049405/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Killer Is Loose (1956)

1956 · 73 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

The Killer Is Loose is a 1956 American crime film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Joseph Cotten, Rhonda Fleming and Wendell Corey. An independent production, it was released by United Artists. It is based on a 1953 novelette published in The Saturday Evening Post, written by John and Ward Hawkins.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Budd Boetticher](https://cinepixo.com/people/budd-boetticher)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lionel Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)

## Cast

- [John Dennis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dennis)
- [Charles Wagenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-wagenheim)
- [Martha Wentworth](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-wentworth)
- [Virginia Christine](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-christine)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Wendell Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-corey)
- [Alan Hale, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale-jr)
- [John Larch](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-larch)
- [John Cliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cliff)
- [Michael Pate](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pate)
- [Lawrence Dobkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-dobkin)
- [George Eldredge](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-eldredge)
- [Stanley Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-adams)
- [Rhonda Fleming](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhonda-fleming)
- [Tim Graham](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-graham)

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