Plunder Road

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Plunder Road is a 1957 American film noir heist movie centered on a meticulously planned gold robbery and its tense aftermath.

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instanceOf film
film noir
heist film
associatedWithMovement classic film noir
cinematographyBy Ernest Haller NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueStyle sparse
director Hubert Cornfield NERFINISHED
distributedBy 20th Century Fox
editedBy Robert Lawrence NERFINISHED
format black-and-white film
genre crime film
film noir
heist film
hasCharacterType law enforcement officers
professional criminals
hasSetting United States NERFINISHED
a moving train
highways
language English
mainTheme crime
fate
gold robbery
musicBy Irving Gertz NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus planning and aftermath of a gold heist
notableFor extended heist sequence with minimal dialogue
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A gang executes a meticulously planned train robbery to steal gold bullion and struggles to evade capture during the escape.
producer Leon Chooluck NERFINISHED
productionCompany Regal Films NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1957-12-01
releaseYear 1957
runtimeMinutes 72
screenplayBy Steven Ritch NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1950s
starring Elisha Cook Jr. NERFINISHED
Gene Raymond NERFINISHED
Helene Heigh NERFINISHED
Jeanne Cooper NERFINISHED
Ned Glass NERFINISHED
Stafford Repp NERFINISHED
Steven Ritch NERFINISHED
Wayne Morris NERFINISHED
storyBy Steven Ritch NERFINISHED
visualStyle high-contrast black-and-white cinematography
writer Steven Ritch NERFINISHED

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Steven Ritch notableWork Plunder Road