| Without Warning! | |
| Director: | Arnold Laven |
| Producer: | Arthur Gardner Jules V. Levy |
| Screenplay: | William Raynor |
| Story: | William Raynor |
| Narrator: | Gene Wood |
| Starring: | Adam Williams Meg Randall Ed Binns |
| Music: | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| Cinematography: | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Editing: | Arthur H. Nadel |
| Studio: | Allart Productions |
| Distributor: | United Artists |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | less than $100,000[1] |
Without Warning! is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Adam Williams, Meg Randall, and Ed Binns. The film is shot in a semidocumentary-style with police procedural voice-over narration in parts. Without Warning! was released commercially for the first time on DVD in 2005. Previously, the film was considered lost and unavailable for viewings.
A quiet gardener living in Los Angeles, California picks up blond women and is murdering them with garden shears. The police attempt to track him down but the man continues to kill. The killer lives in a shack on a hill overlooking Los Angeles (Chavez Ravine).
It was the first team from Laven, Gardner and Levy who met in the army. Sol Lesser liked the film and picked it up for distribution.[1]
Without Warning! was released for the first time on DVD by MPI Home Video on August 30, 2005.[4]
TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, calling it "A capable first feature by the production team, with talented unknowns as actors".[5]