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Armored Car Robbery

[1950, Movie]

Armored Car Robbery: Review

Good caper film starring McGraw as a cop out to get revenge on a gang that killed his buddy during an armored car holdup. The gang is led by Talman, who masterminds a meticulously planned scheme to rob an armored car at its last pickup of the day. McGraw and his crime fighters shoot it out with the crooks, but Talman and his gang manage to escape. The film then turns into a cat-and-mouse game between the cops and robbers. Taut and exciting direction with good performances by... read more

Armored Car Robbery: TV Guide News

Set a Date for Violent Saturday! | A Beautiful Fraud | 2/29/2008
Contrary to popular cliches, a film noir doesn't have to be in set on the mean, rain-slicked backstreets of a cramped, malevolent city, nor does it even have to be in black-and-white ("noir" is really a world-view than a palette). And although purists may argue otherwise, a movie need not have been produced during the tumultuous years of WWII and its immediate aftermath to be considered a true "noir." Case in point: Richard Fleischer's Violent Saturday, a brightly colored, black-hearted look at crime and the American character from 1955 that's just now being re-released in a sparkling new 35mm print. This rarely seen pulp masterpiece was not only shot in blazing DeLuxe Color and ultra-wide CinemaScope, it's set in a seemingly idyllic desert mining town, and most of it unfolds in bright, broad daylight -- the better to see the corruption festering just below the happy surface. Noir? You bet.The Yale-educated Fleischer -- son of the maverick animator Max Fleischer -- kept busy right... read more

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