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    Sniper, The (1952)

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    Eddie Miller (Arthur Franz) is a lovelorn psychopathic killer who has been prematurely released from a prison mental hospital.

    He arms himself with a carbine rifle and proceeds to murder a series of brunettes.

    When Miller starts sending the police letters asking them to make him stop, the force’s resident bleeding-heart shrink Dr Kent (Richard Kiley) pleads for mercy on the killer’s behalf, but as paranoia grips the citizens of San Francisco the city’s sniper problem grows beyond the case of one sad screw-up.

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    Copycats come out of the woodwork while politicians worry about what paying for rehabilitation will do to taxes.

    Lieutenant Kafka (Adolphe Menjou) is assigned to the case and has difficulty in tracking down the murderer until he leaves a clue behind, at the scene of his fourth murder.

    Eddie Miller 
    Arthur Franz
    Lt. Kafka
    Adolphe Menjou
    Sgt. Ferris
    Gerald Mohr
    Jean Darr
    Marie Windsor
    Inspector Anderson
    Frank Faylen
    Dr James B. Kent
    Richard Kiley
    Landlady
    Mabel Paige
    May Nelson
    Marlo Dwyer
    Checker
    Geraldine Carr
    Pete
    Jay Novello

    Director
    Edward Dmytryk

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