Directed by:
Felix E. FeistCinematography:
Harry J. WildComposer:
Paul SawtellCast:
Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey, Charles McGraw, Julie Bishop, Frank Conroy, Carey Loftin, Robert Shayne, Dale Van Sickel, Ben Welden, Don McGuire, Terry Frost (more)Plots(1)
Killer Red Kluger (Charles McGraw) busts out of Folsom Prison and makes for a bleak desert hideout. But first he makes a violent detour to Los Angeles to kidnap the three people he blames for his ticket to the gas chamber: a cop (Michael O'Shea), the DA (Frank Conroy) and ex-girlfriend (Virginia Grey) he believes betrayed him. Before Red gets out of the country, he's going to get even, one sweating, sadistic murder at a time. In this gripping, relentlessly paced B-movie, film noir great McGraw - who breathed menace even when he played a cop or a detective - dominates the screen with a presence so ice-cold cruel not even the pitiless Mojave sun could melt it. Jittery with fear and suspense, The Threat is the kind of little-known gem every film fan rejoices in discovering. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Michael O'Shea](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/893/159893452_107ad4.jpg)
Michael O'Shea
USA
Best movies:
It Should Happen to You (1954)
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
![Virginia Grey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505180_500edb.jpg)
Virginia Grey
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
![Charles McGraw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412640_ceb22e.jpg)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![Julie Bishop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505300_205aae.jpg)
Julie Bishop
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Westward the Women (1951)
![Frank Conroy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/527/160527051_6bcf7b.jpg)
Frank Conroy
UK
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Carey Loftin
USA
![Robert Shayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000240_3b1264.jpg)
Robert Shayne
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Dale Van Sickel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256253_2fbf62.jpg)
Dale Van Sickel
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Ben Welden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207107_55dc82.jpg)
Ben Welden
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Big Sleep (1946)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Don McGuire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/388/160388665_f0bcc9.jpg)
Don McGuire
USA
Best movies:
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Possessed (1947)
The Tall Stranger (1957)
![Terry Frost](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/870/159870447_9e44b5.jpg)
Terry Frost
USA
Best movies:
One Desire (1955)
Whispering Smith (1948)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
![Jason Robards Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726641_6d702e.jpg)
Jason Robards Sr.
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Juarez (1939)
Wild in the Country (1961)
Gregg Barton
USA
Best movies:
Morituri (1965)
Albuquerque (1948)
The Man from Laramie (1955)
![Mary Castle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193992_a0ba29.jpg)
Mary Castle
USA
Best movies:
Gunsmoke (1953)
The Lawless Breed (1953)
![Anthony Caruso](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309504_303fcd.jpg)
Anthony Caruso
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
To Each His Own (1946)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
![Edgar Dearing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/802/160802929_87d04b.jpg)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
![Kenny O'Morrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084375_8dc124.jpg)
Kenny O'Morrison
Best movies:
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Frank Richards
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Jack Gargan
UK
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Lois Austin
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Silver River (1948)