The Threat
"KILLER IN JAILBREAK on vengeance trail!"
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Top Cast
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Michael O'Shea
Detective Ray Williams
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Virginia Grey
Carol
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Charles McGraw
Arnold 'Red' Kluger
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Julie Bishop
Ann Williams
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Frank Conroy
District Attorney Barker MacDonald
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Robert Shayne
Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
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Anthony Caruso
Nick Damon
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Don McGuire
Joe Turner
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Frank Richards
Lefty
Overview
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Rating
6.0
/ 10
24 Reviews 1 Popular
1 Reviews
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John Chard7 Mar 21, 2014Arnold Kluger Escaped From Folsom Prison Tonight… The Threat is directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Dick Irving Hyland and Hugh King. It stars Charles McGraw, Virginia Grey, Michael O’Shea, Julie Bishop. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Harry J. Wild. Maniac criminal Red Kluger escapes from jail and sets off to kidnap the three people he holds responsible for his incarceration. Compact at just over an hour in run time, The Threat is all about Charles McGraw impressing on everyone just what a great portrayer of hard cases he would become. Once the escape and set up of plot has been formed, pic basically confines itself to one cramped location as Kluger and his two henchmen hold four people hostage at their hideout, the fourth person being an unfortunate truck driver who has got in the way. The air of menace is palpable, the atmosphere hot and sweaty, and via torture, violence and mind games it builds to tough old climax, having got there without fuss or filler. Nothing memorable visually, and some of the screenplay involves characters doing daft things, but it’s a gritty “B” noir well worth taking a look at. Especially for McGraw’s performance. 7/10
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