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.

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Without Warning!
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arnold Laven
Screenplay by	William Raynor
Story by	William Raynor
Produced by	Arthur Gardner Jules V. Levy
Starring	Adam Williams Meg Randall Ed Binns
Narrated by	Gene Wood
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Arthur H. Nadel
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Production company	Allart Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 8, 1952 (1952-05-08) (United States)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	less than $100,000[1]

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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).

• Adam Williams as Carl Martin
• Meg Randall as Jane Saunders
• Ed Binns as Lt. Pete Hamilton
• Harlan Warde as Police Detective Sgt. Don Warde
• John Maxwell as Fred Saunders
• Angela Stevens as Janet Collier (Blonde)^[2]
• Byron Kane as Police Chemist Charlie Wilkins
• Charles Tannen as Wolf
• Marilee Phelps as Virginia
• Robert Foulk as Wilson, Motel Manager
• Connie Vera as Carmelita
• Robert Shayne as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
• Lee Phelps as "Doc," the Police Coroner
• Arthur Gardner (movie's co-producer) as Jackson, Rapid Transit Cab Co. Driver^[2][3]

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]

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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]