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Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station, they pick up two women. Encountering a roadblock, Morgan takes over and persuades the party to spend the night at an unoccupied beach house. The police close in as one by one, the others learn that Morgan is a killer.
Keywords
california
gas station
kidnapping
film noir
hitchhiker
beach house
killer on the run
Casts
Lawrence Tierney
Steve Morgan
Ted North
Jimmy 'Fergie' Ferguson
Nan Leslie
Beulah Zorn, alias Carol Demming
Betty Lawford
Agnes Smith
Andrew Tombes
Joe Brayden, Night Watchman
Harry Shannon
Detective Owens, San Diego Police
Marian Carr
Diane Ferguson
William Gould
Police Capt. Martin, San Diego Police
Josephine Whittell
Diane's mother
Phil Warren
Pete, Roadblock Motorcycle Cop
Robert Malcolm
Deputy Sheriff Grover
Glen Vernon
Jack Kenny, Gas Station Attendant
Dorothy Granger
Pearl (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Bert LeBaron
Victor Potel
Minerva Urecal
Dick Elliott
Mack Wilkins (uncredited)
Crews
Felix E. Feist
Director
Robert C. DuSoe
Novel
Felix E. Feist
Writer
Herman Schlom
Producer
Paul Sawtell
Original Music Composer
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
Robert Swink
Editor
Sid Rogell
Executive Producer
Roy Webb
Music
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Charles F. Pyke
Art Direction
William Magginetti
Set Decoration
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Robert H. Guhl
Sound Designer
Terry Kellum
Sound Designer
Backdrops & Posters
