Crime Wave (1953)
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
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Det. Lt. Sims -
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Ellen Lacey -
'Doc' Penny -
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Dr. Otto Hessler -
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Daniel O'Keefe -
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Detective Kelly -
Detective Sully
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Director:
André De TothWriters:
Crane Wilbur (screen play), Bernard Gordon (adaptation), Richard Wormser (adaptation), John Hawkins (story "Criminal's Mark"), Ward Hawkins (story "Criminal's Mark")All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
During the investigation, a police car finds the car wanted. The officer in the car calls in the license plate number and identifies the sector he's in as "1-A-one-two," i.e., "One-Adam-12," the name of a hit TV police show 16 years later about that police unit in L.A (Adam-12 (1968)).
Quotes
Steve Lacey:
How come the smart guys are inside and the dopes outside?
Goofs
When Nedrick Young (as Gat Morgan) is first shot, he grabs his chest by the right pectoral. When he grabs his wound later, it has migrated to the lower center abdomen.
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Bringing in the SheavesMusic by George A. Minor
Played by the Salvation Army band
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Genres
Crime | Drama | Film-NoirDetails
Release Date:
6 March 1954Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Chinatown, Los Angeles, California, USAContribute to this page
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