John Chard
Arnold Kluger Escaped From Folsom Prison Tonight
The Threat is directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Dick Irving Hyland and Hugh King. It stars Charles McGraw, Virginia Grey, Michael OShea, Julie Bishop. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Harry J. Wild.
Maniac criminal Red Kluger escapes from jail and sets off to kidnap the three people he holds responsible for his incarceration.
Compact at just over an hour in run time, The Threat is all about Charles McGraw impressing on everyone just what a great portrayer of hard cases he would become. Once the escape and set up of plot has been formed, pic basically confines itself to one cramped location as Kluger and his two henchmen hold four people hostage at their hideo...