Armored Car Robbery

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Armored Car Robbery is a 1950 American film noir crime thriller centered on a meticulously planned armored car heist and its violent aftermath.

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instanceOf crime thriller film
film
basedOn original screenplay
character Al Mapes
Dave Purvis
Lt. Jim Cordell
Vincent Ferrara
Yvonne LeDoux
cinematographyBy Guy Roe
countryOfOrigin United States
director Richard Fleischer
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Desmond Marquette
filmFormat black-and-white
followsNarrativeStyle procedural crime drama
genre crime film
film noir
thriller film
hasHeistSequence true
hasPoliceProtagonist true
hasTheme crime and punishment
fatalism
greed
hasViolentContent true
mainSubject armored car heist
police investigation
musicBy Roy Webb
narrativeLocation Los Angeles
notableFor early example of heist film structure
tight pacing and economical storytelling
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A criminal mastermind plans an armored car robbery at a sports stadium, leading to a deadly manhunt by the police.
producer Sid Rogell
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
ratingMPAA Not Rated
releaseDate June 7, 1950
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 67
screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams
Robert Leeds
setInPeriod contemporary to 1950s
starring Adele Jergens
Charles McGraw
Douglas Fowley
Steve Brodie
William Talman
storyBy Gerald Drayson Adams

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Charles McGraw notableWork Armored Car Robbery
Earl Felton notableWork Armored Car Robbery
Earl Felton workedOn Armored Car Robbery
Steve Brodie notableWork Armored Car Robbery
Steve Brodie appearedIn Armored Car Robbery
Gerald Drayson Adams notableWork Armored Car Robbery