Armored Car Robbery (1950) is an American film noir shot in a semi-documentary style and directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles McGraw. It was shot on location in Los Angeles, California.
Armored Car Robbery is one of the first of the heist movies, a sub-genre of the crime film. Fleisher would later go on to big budget films, but he may be best remembered for this and The Narrow Margin from his time working for RKO Radio Pictures.
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Armored Car Robbery (1950) is an American film noir shot in a semi-documentary style and directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles McGraw. It was shot on location in Los Angeles, California.
Armored Car Robbery is one of the first of the heist movies, a sub-genre of the crime film. Fleisher would later go on to big budget films, but he may be best remembered for this and The Narrow Margin from his time working for RKO Radio Pictures.
The film tells the story of a well-planned robbery of an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. Yet, the heist goes awry, and a tough Los Angeles cop named Cordell (Charles McGraw) is in hot pursuit.
Mastermind Dave Purvis (William Talman) is crook who plans a scheme to rob an armored car on its last pickup of the day. He recruits Benny McBride to his gang of thieves.
Benny needs money because Yvonne (Adele Jergens) his striptease wife is stepping out on him. The man she was two-timing Benny with was Purvis himself.
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