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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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime thriller film
film
basedOn original screenplay
character Al Mapes NERFINISHED
Dave Purvis NERFINISHED
Lt. Jim Cordell NERFINISHED
Vincent Ferrara NERFINISHED
Yvonne LeDoux NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Guy Roe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Richard Fleischer NERFINISHED
distributedInFormat theatrical release
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Desmond Marquette NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Los Angeles NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED
ratingMPAA Not Rated
releaseDate June 7, 1950
releaseYear 1950
runtimeMinutes 67
screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams NERFINISHED
Robert Leeds NERFINISHED
setInPeriod contemporary to 1950s
starring Adele Jergens NERFINISHED
Charles McGraw NERFINISHED
Douglas Fowley NERFINISHED
Steve Brodie NERFINISHED
William Talman NERFINISHED
storyBy Gerald Drayson Adams NERFINISHED

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Charles McGraw notableWork Armored Car Robbery
Earl Felton notableWork Armored Car Robbery
Earl Felton workedOn Armored Car Robbery