On this day in movie history - Crime Wave (a.k.a. The City is Dark) (1953)

Crime Wave (1953),

a.k.a. The City Is Dark,

directed by Andre DeToth,

written by Bernard Gordon and Richard Wormser,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1954.

Based on the short story Criminal's Mark,

by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins,

originally published in The Saturday Evening Post (1950).

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Ned Young, James Bell, Dub Taylor, Gayle Kellogg, Mack Chandler, Timothy Carey, Sandy Sanders, Richard Benjamin, James Hayward, Lyle Latell.

Born on this day – Phyllis Kirk:

Actress

September 18, 1927 – October 19, 2006