Adolph Menjou, Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz

Apparently rejected by women all his life, a loner with a high-power rifle starts on a trail of murder. The police are baffled by the apparently random killings until their psychologist comes up with ...( read more  read more... )some ideas.

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Directed by: Edward Dmytryk

Release Date: May 9, 1952

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  • August 28, 2007
    Really really weak. The Sniper is completely unengaging but makes no futile effort to make its protagonist likable even in the slightest. Edward Dmytryk does some interesting camera work that almost begins to venture into film noir territory but eventually wimps out. Then the fil...( read more)mmakers have the gall to start pointing fingers by making the audience think after they've bored them.
  • June 11, 2009
    Very good movie, seemed pretty cool today, probably was even better for its time... if not ahead of it a little bit. My favorite part was when the cop smacked that kid for talking crazy. We need more of that nowadays :D
  • May 14, 2009
    There's a fella in this that doesn't like women, so he shoots them. Good stuff.
  • December 20, 2008
    Really good film. I love these Noir films mind.
  • November 19, 2008
    wow just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a pretty good movie 2 watch..its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...its really enjoyable as well...i think that the director of this Drama, Mystery & Suspense movie had done a really good job o...( read more)f directing this movie because its in black n white its a good 1950's movie 2 watch n its enjoyable as well 2 watch
  • November 18, 2008
    good show not as good modern films but still a good film.
  • September 8, 2007
    this sounds like that wacko sniper going around killing random ppl a few yrs ago!

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