The Long Wait

Year: 1954

Runtime: 94 mins

Language: English

Director: Victor Saville

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“Three thrill‑hungry dames played me for a sucker—now it’s my turn.” After hitchhiking with a truck driver, Johnny McBride is severely burned and loses his memory when the vehicle’s tire blows and it goes over an embankment in flames. An acquaintance tells him a photograph of him is displayed in the window of a photo studio in Lyncastle. Determined to recover his past, Johnny heads to the town hoping the sight will trigger his lost memories.

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