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MOVIE · 1954

The Long Wait

ActionAdventureCrimeDramaMystery94 min

After a truck crash leaves him badly burned and without any memory, Anthony Quinn is Johnny McBride, a drifter chasing the only clue he has: a photograph of himself displayed in a studio window in the town of Lyncastle. When Johnny heads there hoping to recover his past, he learns that his true identity may be tied to a murder case. Charles Coburn and Peggie Castle turn up among the faces and fragments surrounding him as the town’s secrets, old connections, and conflicting stories begin to close in.

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