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Crime Wave
Directed by
André de Toth
Approved
1954
73m
Crime
,
Drama
,
and more
7.3
73%
73%
7.1
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Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
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Cast of Crime Wave
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)
Joe Bassett
Cop (uncredited)
Charles Cane
Detective (uncredited)
Timothy Carey
Johnny Haslett (uncredited)
Fred Coby
Cop in Squad Car (uncredited)
Dennis Dengate
Police Officer (uncredited)
Eileen Elliott
Fourth Police Broadcaster (uncredited)
Fritz Feld
Jess (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Detective / Bank Officer (uncredited)
Crime Wave Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...a mostly compelling endeavor that succeeds as both a police procedural and a tense film noir...
TV Guide
The title tells it all in this low-budget film.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The sense of human vulnerability against hard architecture suggests Lang on a shoestring, but the bleak humanism is all De Toth's
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Visually brilliant film noir.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A nasty little masterpiece.
New York Times
By shuffling some standard ingredients with quiet competence, "Crime Wave," the new Warners film on the Holiday's screen, manages to look a good deal better than it is.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
A neorealist noir gem.
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
If the maxim "crime doesn't pay" is noir's given, then Crime Wave spins it to answer "but virtue barely scrapes up a living wage."
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Andre de Toth's 1954 noir is gritty, powerful, and economically told.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
This low-budget B-flick was very entertaining.
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