--- description: He was playing a villain in the low-budget slasher title: Fugitive Bank Robber Nabbed While Acting in Horror Movie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fugitive Bank Robber Nabbed While Acting in Horror Movie by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 2:16 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 28, 2015 2:16 PM CUT A real-life villain was[ caught by U.S. Marshals ](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/28/jason-stange-marla-mae-convicted-bank-robber-arrested-horror-movie "undefined")on Friday while playing a fictional villain on the set of a low-budget horror movie. Jason Stange, who had been convicted for armed bank robbery in 2006, violated the conditions of his parole last year by leaving his halfway house without permission. Authorities noticed him photographed in a news story about the shoot of a film, _Marla Mae_, in a local Washington State newspaper. Stange, who played a deranged abortion clinic doctor in the movie, had been using the pseudonym Jason Strange, the _Guardian_ reports. By the time the U.S. Marshals caught up with him, production had already wrapped and Stange was stepping off location to buy cigarettes; he was arrested but allowed to return his costume before going to jail. _Marla Mae_, which was shot on a budget of $8,000, does not yet have a release date. \[[_The Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/28/jason-stange-marla-mae-convicted-bank-robber-arrested-horror-movie "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3974597/bank-robber-horror-set/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3974597/bank-robber-horror-set/"},"headline":"Fugitive Bank Robber Nabbed While Acting in Horror Movie","datePublished":"2015-07-28T14:16:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:40.897Z","description":"He was playing a villain in the low-budget slasher","url":"https://time.com/3974597/bank-robber-horror-set/","keywords":["movies","Newsfeed","Crime","horror"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3974597/bank-robber-horror-set/","name":"Fugitive Bank Robber Nabbed While Acting in Horror Movie"}}]}] ```