Crime Wave is a 1954 movie, in film noir style, directed by André De Toth. The film is also known as The City is Dark. It was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post short story, "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
'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...
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Crime Wave is a 1954 movie, in film noir style, directed by André De Toth. The film is also known as The City is Dark. It was adapted from a Saturday Evening Post short story, "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
'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.
Later, the remaining gang members show up at Lacey's apartment. Fearing for his wife's (Phyllis Kirk) safety, he decides to let the men stay. Subsequently, Penny forces Lacey to rob a Glendale, CA, bank with them, but Lacey alerts the police (by planting a note...
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