Crime Wave
Before your shocked eyes -- the city blasted SIN-SIDE OUT!
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10/22/1953Runtime
73 minsOverview
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
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A taut noir thriller where a man trying to leave crime behind is trapped by his past when former cellmates show up demanding one last score. It's a pressure cooker of loyalty, coercion, and the inescapable gravity of old ties.
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Sterling Hayden
Det. Lt. Sims
Gene Nelson
Steve Lacey
Phyllis Kirk
Ellen Lacey
Ted de Corsia
'Doc' Penny
Charles Bronson
Ben Hastings
Jay Novello
Dr. Otto Hessler
Nedrick Young
Gat Morgan
James Bell
Daniel O'Keefe
Dub Taylor
Gus Snider
Gayle Kellogg
Detective Kelly
Mack Chandler
Sully
Iris Adrian
Hastings' Girlfriend (uncredited)
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