“"Three Thrill-Hungry Dames Played Me For A Sucker - NOW, IT'S MY TURN"”
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.
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
The Long Wait is a crime, drama film released in 1954 exploring themes of film noir, b movie. Directed by Victor Saville, it stars Anthony Quinn, Charles Coburn, Gene Evans. 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.
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