The robbery itself is no wellhoned machine, its strictly smash and grab. Armored car robbery endures as a testament to how good he was with the swift and blunt approach. Cornered is the kind of film that would be used as evidence of disloyalty. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In conclusion, though, armored car robbery is a real gem. A wellplanned robbery goes awry, with tough cop cordell in pursuit everything youve always wanted in a movie. Armored car robbery is a heist filmfilm noir directed by richard fleischer. Good caper film starring mcgraw as a cop out to get revenge on a gang that killed his buddy during an armored. Steve brodie i 19191992 william talman, charles mcgraw 19141980. It feels like a gritty and edgy rko picture, which for fans of classic film noir, should be a very strong positive. Armored car robbery 1950 letterboxd your life in film.
After the crooks overwhelm the surprised guards and break into the truck, benny notifies the police. An intrepid detective mcgraw, loses his partner in the armored car heist, and this drives the plot towards its grisly conclusion. Armored car robbery 1950 was a bit of a disappointment. He recruits benny mcbride to his crew of criminals. Charles mcgraw, adele jergens, william talman, douglas fowley, steve brodie, don mcguire, don haggerty. Charles mcgraw in armored car robbery 1950 armored car robbery 1950 don haggerty. Rent armored car robbery crime in the streets 1950 starring james whitmore and sal mineo on dvd and bluray. The great brinks robbery was the biggest armed robbery in u. It tells the story of a wellplanned robbery of cash from an armored car when it stops at a sports stadium. Roger creed and linda leighton in armored car robbery 1950. Armored car robbery is very typical of the rko visual style in regards to their crime pictures. The movie has been called the quintessential lowbudget heist melodrama. By that i mean, the picture turns into several hundred tiny squares. Armored car robbery is a 1950 american film noir directed by richard fleischer and starring charles mcgraw, adele jergens, and william talman armored car robbery is a heist movie, a subgenre of crimebased films.
Steve brodie the caine mutiny and gene evans the big carnival star in this entertaining tale about a police lieutenant who leads the recovery of half a. Armored car robbery 1950 posters the movie database. I guess i had no reason for expecting so much, but i always thought it looked like such. Armored car robbery is an unimaginative title to a pretty good heist movie. The thieves left no clues at the scene, but the use of a fake bomb during an armored car robbery was similar to another robbery that happened in baltimore, maryland, in 1986.
Armored car robbery is a heist film film noir directed by richard fleischer fantastic voyage, the vikings. Touching on both the film noir style of the 1940s and the just the facts, maam approach popular in the early television era, and incorporating both shadowy alleys and bright, almost flat sunlit street scenes, richard fleischers plebeian, nononsense armored car robbery remains the quintessential lowbudget heist melodrama. In 1978, the famous robbery was immortalized on film in the brinks job. It happened in 1950 at the brinks armored car depot in bostons north end. Buck was later convicted of multiple charges related to the brinks robbery and other crimes and sentenced to 50 years in a federal prison. Directed by richard fleischer sound by frank sarver and clem portman. Armored is a 2009 american heist action thriller film directed by nimrod antal, written by firsttime screenwriter james v. Some early examples include the films armored car robbery 1950 and the breaking point 1960. It feels like a gritty and edgy rko picture, which for fans of classic filmnoir, should be a very strong positive.
The plan is to rob the armored car of half a million dollars as it prepares to leave a ballgame at. Check member ratings of armored car robbery aka armoured car robbery movie. It follows the cops and the robbers equally and does a great job in doing so. Its full of parts that would trickle down to other heist movies like the killing all the way. The gang of 11 that stole the money after two years.
His metier was probably these brief, shoestring programmers, because bigger budgets and longer running times slowed him up and made him ponderous viz. In armored car robbery 1950, two police lieutenants charles mcgraw and james flavin play catandmouse with a clever thief planning a massive heist. Armored car robbery 1950 posters the movie database tmdb. Fleischer, a master of film noir b movies at rko early in his career, and stars noir veterans charles mcgraw, adele jergens and william talman. I guess i had no reason for expecting so much, but i always thought it looked like such a cool little film. Rent armored car robbery crime in the streets 1950 on dvd. Mastermind dave purvis plans an armored car holdup. Its also got a lot of elements that would seemingly influence everything from the killing to heat. Armored car robbery 1950 richard fleischer synopsis.
Armored car robbery is a heist movie, a subgenre of crimebased films. Oct 21, 20 steve brodie the caine mutiny and gene evans the big carnival star in this entertaining tale about a police lieutenant who leads the recovery of half a million dollars stolen by gangsters. He was the leader of the flatheads gang, who committed the firstever armored car robbery, on march 11, 1927. Jul 11, 2018 armored car robbery is very typical of the rko visual style in regards to their crime pictures. The armored car has been utilized in many crime or action films and video games because of its worldwide recognition as a highsecuritylevel vehicle carrying valuables. Armored car robbery 1950 was directed by richard o. Armored car robbery film by fleischer 1950 britannica. One of her betterknown films is armored car robbery 1950 where she. Dave purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks as a planner he plots a holdup in meticulous detail.
A police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters. The heist drama armored car robbery 1950 is considered a leading example of film noir. We recorded it first thing in the morning, so lets hope im. Armored car robbery is a 1950 american film noir directed by richard fleischer, and stars charles mcgraw. Armored car robbery rko has concocted an okay copsandrobbers melodrama suggested by a story by robert angus and robert leeds for the supporting market. Armored car robbery is a weak title to a solid heist picture with a few hints of film noir. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The group sent a hit man to kill okeefe, but he was caught before completing his task. Rent armored car robbery aka armoured car robbery 1950 film for free as part of our trial offer. Jun 09, 2016 armored car robbery 1950 calling all units. Armored car robbery 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Amazon should not sell movies of such quality and with these issues.
Jun 09, 2016 steve brodie i 19191992 william talman, charles mcgraw 19141980. A wellplanned robbery goes awry, with tough cop cordell in pursuit. A shade smarter than his gang underlings, talman manages to elude capture, and even travels freely about in. Toronto film society presented armored car robbery 1950 on sunday, october 6, 2019 in a double bill with the asphalt jungle as part of the. The arrival 1996 arrival 2016 the art of the fart 2004 artemisia 1997 arthur 1981 the artist 2011 as you like it 2006 the asphalt jungle 1950 assassination of a high school president 2008 the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford 2007 the assassination of richard. One problem with the film is that there was a better armored truck robbery a year earlier called criss cross. The dunbar armored robbery is the largest cash robbery to have occurred in the united states. Fleischer enjoyed further success with the narrow margin 1952, one of the best noirs of its. Armored car robbery is a heist movie, a subgenre of. Rent armored car robbery aka armoured car robbery 1950. Jul 03, 20 directed by richard fleischer sound by frank sarver and clem portman. Armored car robbery is a heist filmfilm noir directed by richard fleischer fantastic voyage, the. Williams, the alleged ringleader of the group, was the last one to go on trial on charges related to the robbery. This movie pixelates several times throughout the movie, including the key armed car robbery scene.
Find release information for armored car robbery 1950 richard fleischer on allmovie. A shade smarter than his gang underlings, talman manages to elude capture, and even travels freely about in the company of his flashy lady friend adele jergens. Other than that, the picture is decent but more like vhs quality than dvd quality. He is stopped from finishing him off when a cop car comes near. Armored car robbery is a 1950 american film noir directed by richard fleischer and starring charles mcgraw, adele jergens, and william talman. An armored vehicle or armored cash transport car, security van is an armored van or truck, used in transporting valuables, such as large quantities of money especially for banks or retail companies. Steve brodie, douglas fowley, adele jergens, charles mcgraw, and william talman in armored car robbery 1950. Other articles where armored car robbery is discussed. Simpson, and starring matt dillon, jean reno, laurence fishburne, amaury nolasco, milo ventimiglia, skeet ulrich, and columbus short. Fleischers minimalist noir exercise armored car robbery stars william talman as the chief crook and charles mcgraw as the detective dogging his trail. Armored car robbery also has the distinction of being one of the first of the heist movies, a subgenre of the crime. His burlesque queen wife is stepping out on him because he cant keep her in the kind of style she prefers and benny thinks that one big score will settle things with her.
On the day of the robbery, foster pretends to be fixing a jalopy next to the parked armored truck and, on purvus cue, causes the car to backfire and blow black smoke at the trucks guards. Pack your bags for one of movie historys greatest trips, a nifty film noir thriller that time deemed worthy of being bracketed in the select group of train thrillers headed by alfred hitchcocks the. Crime in the streets 1956 paints a dark portrait of gang violence. Armored car robbery 1950 richard fleischer releases. Rent armored car robbery crime in the streets 1950 on. She was released from prison in july 2010, and died of cancer in august 2010.
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