Directed by:
Felix E. FeistCinematography:
Harry J. WildComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop, Frank Conroy, Carey Loftin, Robert Shayne, Dale Van Sickel, Ben Welden, Don McGuire, Terry Frost (more)Plots(1)
Killer Red Kluger (Charles McGraw) busts out of Folsom Prison and makes for a bleak desert hideout. But first he makes a violent detour to Los Angeles to kidnap the three people he blames for his ticket to the gas chamber: a cop (Michael O'Shea), the DA (Frank Conroy) and ex-girlfriend (Virginia Grey) he believes betrayed him. Before Red gets out of the country, he's going to get even, one sweating, sadistic murder at a time. In this gripping, relentlessly paced B-movie, film noir great McGraw - who breathed menace even when he played a cop or a detective - dominates the screen with a presence so ice-cold cruel not even the pitiless Mojave sun could melt it. Jittery with fear and suspense, The Threat is the kind of little-known gem every film fan rejoices in discovering. (official distributor synopsis)
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