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The Sniper

Summary: A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.

Release Date: June 06, 1952

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Writers: Harry Brown

, Edward Anhalt

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Stanley Kramer Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Television, Sony Pictures Television International, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

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1950s african american alcoholic drink anger bandaged hand bar pianist barfly baseball game beer being followed black cat boarding house boardwalk boss bottle of beer bottle opener boyfriend girlfriend relationship broken bottle broken glass bullet bullet hole in a window bullet through a window burned hand burning evidence cable car carnival cartridge cellar chase chinese food chinese restaurant cigarette smoking clothesline confession note copy cat crying crying man crying on a bed dead woman death of girlfriend death of wife delivery driver destroying evidence doctor drawer key drunk woman drunken man drunkenness dry cleaners dunk tank dunk woman emergency room ends with crying ex convict face slap falling from height falling into water falling to death female boss ferris wheel flirting following someone forensic psychiatrist golden gate bridge gunfire high powered rifle hot plate ice box incinerator information desk intern jumping between buildings kiss kpix landlady locked drawer long range rifle m1 carbine rifle machine gun man hits a boy man slaps a boy manhunt mayor mental illness misogynist mugshot murder investigation naked bulb needing change for a bill news van newspaper headline newspaper reporter north beach obscene caller obsession painter pay phone peeping tom pipe smoking playland at the beach police chief police detective police inspector police lineup police officer police procedural police psychologist police sergeant porch psychopath psychotronic film radio rage rapist reference to mother son relationship resentment toward mother restaurant rifle rooftop rooftop sniper san francisco california screaming in fear second degree burn self harm self inflicted burn injury serial murder sex offender shell casing shooting a door shooting a woman shooting gallery shot in the head shot on location shot through a window shot to death shot with a gun smokestack sniper sniper rifle social responsibility sociopath soda fountain stained dress stickball sweating target teenager telephone call telescopic rifle television television mobile unit timeframe 1950s tomboy truck trumpet player tv channel 5 woman beater woman's dress world war two veteran

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