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Crime Wave

Before your shocked eyes -- the city blasted SIN-SIDE OUT!

Rating 7.1 / 10Release October 22, 1953Runtime 73 min

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

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