The Threat (1949) "Western" he abandons his wife and

he abandons his wife and family

whose flower-power performance here is in the same league as Dr Strangelove

but there can only be one victor

an easygoing cowpoke with a silver plate in his head and a dream of buying a ranch

he encounters many life-threatening challenges along the way

The Threat (1949) "Western" he abandons his wife andKiller Red Kluger (Charles McGraw) busts out of Folsom Prison and makes for a bleak desert hideout. But first he makes a violent detour to Los Angeles to kidnap the three people he blames for his ticket to the gas chamber: a cop (Michael O'Shea), the DA (Frank Conroy) and ex girlfriend (Virginia Grey) he believes betrayed him. Before Red gets out of the country, he's going to get even, one sweating, sadistic murder at a time. In this gripping,