The Long Wait

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The Long Wait (1954)

05/26/1954 (US) Crime, Drama 1h 34m

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The Long Wait is a mystery thriller written by Mickey Spillane. A man gets in a car accident and is badly burned. He also cannot remember his own identity.

Victor Saville

Director
Mickey Spillane

Novel
Lesser Samuels

Writer
Alan Green

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Anthony Quinn

Johnny McBride
Charles Coburn

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Gene Evans

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Peggie Castle

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Mary Ellen Kay

Wendy Miller
Shirley Patterson

Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
Dolores Donlon

Troy Avalon
Barry Kelley

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James Millican

Police Capt. Lindsay
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The Long Wait is directed by Victor Saville and adapted to screenplay by Alan Green and Lesser Samuels from the Mickey Spillane novel. It stars Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans, Peggie Castle, Mary Ellen Kay and Shirley Patterson. Music is by Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco and cinematography by Franz Planer.

Johnny McBride (Quinn) is a amnesiac who manages to get back to his home town of Lyncastle where he hopes to unravel who he is. But pretty soon he finds himself in a quagmire of trouble and strife...

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