Crime Wave is a 1954 film noir, directed by André De Toth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post - Criminal Mark by John and Ward Hawkins. 'Doc' Penny and his gang rob a gasoline station and in the process a police officer is killed and one of the gang members is wounded. The wounded thug imposes himself on Steve Lacey , an ex-con trying to start a new life, and demands he call a disreputable doctor for help. The doctor arrives, but too late. The gang member is dead. After his death, Lacey calls his parole officer who involves a... hard-nosed cop, Detective Lieutenant Sims , who doesn't think he can reform. Later, the remaining gang members show up at Lacey's apartment. Fearing for his wife's safety, he decides to let the men stay. Subsequently, Penny forces Lacey to rob a bank with them, but Lacey alerts the police who staff the entire bank with police officers and ambush the robbers. In the end, most of the gang is killed, but Lacey and his wife are safe.
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| Release date: | January 12, 1954 |
| Directed by: | André De Toth |
| Runtime: | 73 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bryan Foy |
| Editor: | Thomas Reilly |
| Music by: | David Buttolph |
| Cinematography: | Bert Glennon |
| Screenplay by: | Crane Wilbur, Richard Wormser, Bernard Gordon |
| Adapted from: | Criminal Mark |