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| Year: | 1952 |
| Rating: | 7.6(1232) |
| Listed in: | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery |
| Directed by: | Phil Karlson |
| Actors: | John Payne Preston Foster Neville Brand Lee Van Cleef Jack Elam Coleen Gray |
| "Every city wears a mask! This is the picture that goes behind that mask to bare the bullet-scarred face of a brutal underworld!....." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Phil Karlson | |
| Actors | |
| John Payne | as Joe Rolfe |
| Preston Foster | as Tim Foster |
| Neville Brand | as Boyd Kane |
| Lee Van Cleef | as Tony Romano |
| Jack Elam | as Pete Harris |
| Mario Siletti | as Tomaso |
| Howard Negley | as Andrews |
| Carleton Young | as Martin |
| Don Orlando | as Diaz |
| Ted Ryan | as Morelli |
| Orlando Beltran | as Porter |
| Ray Bennett | as Prisoner |
| Barry Brooks | as Player |
| Charles Cane | as Det. Barney |
| Edward Coch | as Airline Clerk |
| James Conaty | as Man at Craps Table |
| Tom Dillon | as Policeman |
| George Dockstader | as Policeman |
| Paul Dubov | as Eddie |
| Paul Fierro | as Mexican Policeman |
| Eddie Foster | as Shooter |
| Tom Greenway | as Policeman |
| William Haade | as Det. Mullins |
| Al Hill | as Stickman #2 |
| Harry Hines | as News Vendor |
| Paul Hogan | as Bouncer |
| Don House | as Policeman |
| Mike Lally | as Stickman #3 |
| Roger Moore | as News Vendor's Customer |
| House Peters Jr. | as Policeman |
| Lee Phelps | as Jailer |
| Sam Pierce | as Workman |
| Joey Ray | as Houseman |
| Carlos Rivero | as Shooter |
| Ric Roman | as Rick - Eddie's Brother |
| Frank J. Scannell | as Stickman #4 |
| Sam Scar | as Player |
| Jack Shea | as Policeman |
| Charles Sherlock | as Stickman #1 |
| Brick Sullivan | as Policeman |
| Charles Sullivan | as Player |
| Phil Tead | as Mr. Collins |
| Archie Twitchell | as Police Dispatcher |
| George Wallace | as Olson |
| Jeff York | as Captain McBride |
| Actresses | |
| Coleen Gray | as Helen Foster |
| Dona Drake | as Teresa |
| Vivi Janiss | as Mrs. Rogers |
| Helen Kleeb | as Mrs. Crane |
| Kay Wiley | as Woman |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, Spanish |
| Plot: | In Kansas City, the criminals Peter Harris, Boyd Kane and Tony Romano are individually hired by a stranger that plots the robbery of an armored car after receiving the money from a bank in the next door of a flower shop. However, each one of them wears masks and does not know the identities of the others; therefore they can not recognize each other. They succeed in the heist of 1.2 million dollars and escape in a van of the Western Florists, and the mentor of the robbery gives tickets to them to travel abroad, promising to share the money later. Meanwhile the decorated soldier and ex-con driver of the Western Florists van Joe Rolfe that is delivering flowers in the shop is framed. He is accused of participating of the heist, arrested and tortured by the police, loses his job, and when the police recognizes the mistake, he is released. Unemployed, he discovers that Peter Harris went to Tijuana, and he decides to chase the criminal and request one fifth of the amount. |
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Original Soundtracks
| "La Cucaracha" (uncredited) Traditional Sung by Tomaso as he delivers the mail |
Quotes
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Tim Foster: That was a sucker move, burning down your boss. You had him all wrong. He never crossed you. Tim Foster: What makes a two-bit heel like you think a heater would give him an edge over me? Pete Harris: Okay wise guy, you found me. Now what? Joe Rolfe: What's eatin' you? Pete Harris: You been giving me the fisheye all night. Tim Foster: What's waiting for you, Harris? The chair, the gas chamber, or just a rope? Tony Romano: It don't take no big thinking to figure a couple of guys like us ain't in this bananaville on a vacation! Joe Rolfe: Look, you're a nice girl, but in case you're thinking of mothering me, forget it! I'm no stray dog you can pick up, and I like my neck without a collar. Now get lost! Helen Foster: Now I'm supposed to be hurt. Maybe even cry. But I won't. I think you're in trouble, and I'm going to help you. Joe Rolfe: I know a sure cure for a nosebleed: a cold knife in the middle of the back. Tim Foster: If I can spot you back of those trick cheaters, so can the cops! Boyd Kane: [Removes dark glasses] The job you're talkin' about - I said I'd listen. Tim Foster: You're a cop-killer! You killed one on that last deal! Boyd Kane: I don't like heroes! Tim Foster: You can tell that to the warden when they burn ya! Scott Andrews: [Speaking about Rolfe]... left school to enlist with the engineers. Pretty good soldier too! Bronze Star, Purple Heart! Joe Rolfe: Try and buy a cup of coffee with them! Tim Foster: What's everybody so gloomy about? Tomaso: The weather, Senor, she's so uncertain! Tim Foster: Up in the States they're having blizzards! Tomaso: Ah, if something like that would only happen here, but nothing but sunshine and people catching fish. If just once a fish would catch a man! Tim Foster: That's possible, Tomaso. It all depends on the bait. Joe Rolfe: I thought I'd take a walk through the village before I turn in. Tony Romano: Don't walk too fast - you'll be out of town without really seein' it! Teresa: [Showing off the earings she wants him to buy as 'souvenirs'] Tony, you're not even looking at how pretty they are and only 11 American dollars! Tony Romano: [Looking at her knowingly] Everything around here's 11 bucks! Teresa: Tony, you like? Tony Romano: Charge it with the rest. Teresa: [Happily] Gracias, Tony! Tony Romano: [Knowingly] See ya later! Tim Foster: How far didya get on that Southwest bank job? Scott Andrews: Exactly nowhere. Tim Foster: You must be hearin' plenty from the front office on that one! Scott Andrews: You don't know the half of it! Every bank in the country is on the alert to spot the serial numbers on those bucks, and, up to know, not one of them has. turned up! Tim Foster: How'd you like to crack that job? Scott Andrews: How would I like to find oil in my backyard? |
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