The Long Wait
“"Three Thrill-Hungry Dames Played Me For A Sucker - NOW, IT'S MY TURN"”
1954•NR•1h 34m•5.9•Released
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Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.
Director
Victor Saville
Writer
Alan Green, Lesser Samuels
Languages
English
Studio
Parklane Pictures Inc.
Cast
Anthony Quinn
Johnny McBride
Charles Coburn
Gardiner
Gene Evans
Servo
Peggie Castle
Venus
Mary Ellen Kay
Wendy Miller
Shirley Patterson
Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
Dolores Donlon
Troy Avalon
Barry Kelley
Tucker
James Millican
Police Capt. Lindsay
Bruno VeSota
Eddie Packman
Jay Adler
Joe the Bellhop
John Damler
Reporter Alan Logan
Frank Marlowe
Pop Henderson
Bess Flowers
Woman in Gambling House (uncredited)
Production
Company
Parklane Pictures Inc.
Producer
Lesser Samuels
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