The Long Wait

Overview

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.

Directed by Victor Saville

Top cast

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

Jay Adler

Joe the Bellhop

John Damler

Reporter Alan Logan

Frank Marlowe

Pop Henderson

Bess Flowers

Woman in Gambling House (uncredited)

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