Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on The Threat (1949)
Noir Alley host Eddie Mullers introduction and comments following The Threat, 1949.
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Threat, The (1949) -- (Original Trailer)
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Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) She Spill Anything?
Vengeful escaped gangster Kluger (Charles McGraw) is laying into his hostages, the D-A (Frank Conroy) and cop Williams (Michael OShea), with help from his goons (Anthony Caruso, Frank Richards), when he makes clear what hes after from also-abducted ex-girlfriend Carol (Virginia Grey), in The Threat, 1949, directed by Felix Feist.
Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Kluger's Out
Straight to business, no attempt to disguise the locale (L-A) or the state prison (Folsom), but only Robert Shayne as cop Murphy is properly introduced, though the danger (in the person of un-seen Charles McGraw) is made clear, in The Threat, 1949, directed by Felix Feist, with Michael OShea and Virginia Grey.
Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) We Need Gas
Escaped killer Kluger (Charles McGraw) is inside the truck, with his hostages, on whom he plots revenge, tied up in a sedan, so his man Lefty (Frank Richards) and hijacked trucker Turner (Don McGuire) are the front-men, encountering cop Kenneth Patterson and grease monkey Peter Duchow, in The Threat, 1949.
Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Wouldn't Stand There
Thugs Nick and Lefty (Anthony Caruso, Frank Richards) making like friendly painters for cops guarding the office of the DA MacDonald (Frank Conroy), whos been threatened by escaped killer Red Kluger (Charles McGraw), who makes his first to-camera appearance here, in the little-known low-rent Noir The Threat, 1949.