Crime Wave (1954)


Crime Wave
Release Date12 January 1954
GenreCrime, Film-Noir, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsBurbank, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassCrime Drama, Gangster Film
ThemesGoing Straight
TonesTense, Confrontational, Gritty
TagsBank, Clue, Convict, Criminal, Detective, Ex Convict, Going Straight, Hidden, Hide Out, Kill, Parole, Past, Police, Redemption, Robbery, Shoot Out, Stakeout, Tracking [following], Trust, Undercover, Wife

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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Det. Lt. Sims

Steve Lacey

Ellen Lacey

'Doc' Penny

Ben Hastings

Dr. Otto Hessler

Gat Morgan

James Bell
Daniel O'Keefe

Gus Snider

Gayle Kellogg
Detective Kelly

Mack Chandler
Sully

Hastings' girlfriend

Joe Bassett
Officer

Richard Benjamin
Extra

Charles Cane
Detective

Johnny Haslett

Tom Clarke
Salvation Army Singer

Dennis Dengate
Officer

Eileen Elliott
Fourth Police Broadcaster

Man with Bandaged Head

Diane Fortier
First Police Broadcaster

Kit Guard
Barfly

Jim Hayward
Zenner

Mary Alan Hokanson
Second Police Broadcaster

Thomas E. Jackson
Bank Guard

Sidewalk Extra

Jack Kenny
Left, a Suspect

Faith Kruger
Salvation Army Singer

Lyle Latell
Hoodlum

Harry Lauter
Roadblock Officer

Third Police Broadcaster

Richard Lightner
Mark

Bert Moorhouse
Detective

Mary Newton
Mrs. O'Keefe

Shirley O'Hara
Girl with Bandaged Man

John Pickard
Information Officer

Fred Roby
Officer

George Ross
Officer

Ted Ryan
Janitor

Sandy Sanders
Officer

John Veitch
Information Officer

Shirley Whitney
Girl

Guy Wilkerson
Beer Drinker at Bar

Harry Wilson
Parolee

Jack Woody
Stoolie

Sweeney - Airport Maintenance Manager

Director

Producer

Bernard Gordon
adaptation

John Hawkins
story "Criminals Mark"

Ward Hawkins
story "Criminals Mark"

writer

Richard Wormser
adaptation

Bryan Foy
producer

Original Music

David Buttolph
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Cinematographer

Bert Glennon
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Editor

Thomas Reilly
-

Art Director

Stanley Fleischer
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Set Decorator

William L. Kuehl
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Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

James McMahon
assistant director

Sound Department

Stanley Jones
sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

wardrobe

Music Department

Maurice De Packh
orchestrator

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros.

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vidéo






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