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Armored Car Robbery ()

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A well-planned robbery goes awry with tough cop Jim Cordell in pursuit of the thieves.
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Lt. Jim Cordell
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Yvonne LeDoux
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Dave Purvis
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Benny McBride
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Al Mapes
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Detective Danny Ryan
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Detective Cuyler
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Police Lt. Phillips
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William 'Ace' Foster
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
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Cop at Roadblock (uncredited)
Barry Brooks ...
Witmer - Armored Car Driver (uncredited)
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Burlesque Theatre Patron (uncredited)
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Car 6 Patrolman at Pier 5 (uncredited)
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Mr. Kelly - Valley Auto Court Manager (uncredited)
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Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
Roger Creed ...
Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
Art Dupuis ...
Stadium Cashier (uncredited)
Charles Flynn ...
Chandler - Police Sergeant at Roadblock (uncredited)
Fred Howard ...
Dr Leslie (uncredited)
Richard Irving ...
Craig - Pilot (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
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Duff (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Allen Mathews ...
2nd Detective (uncredited)
Max Mellinger ...
Mr. Bronson - Pacific States Insurance (uncredited)
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Mrs. Marsha Phillips (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal ...
Mrs. Page - Benny's Landlady (uncredited)
Mary Randall ...
Nurse Paxton (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ...
Rhodes - Cop at Roadblock (uncredited)
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Mr. Kimball - Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Jack Shea ...
Officer Evans (uncredited)
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Officer Johnson (uncredited)
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Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) (archiveFootage)
Mack Williams ...
Detective Marshall - Police Lab (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Burlesque Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Fleischer

Written by

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Earl Felton ... (screenplay) and
Gerald Drayson Adams ... (screenplay)
 
Robert Angus ... (suggested by a story by) and
Robert Leeds ... (suggested by a story by)

Produced by

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Herman Schlom ... producer

Cinematography by

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Guy Roe ... director of photography

Editing by

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Desmond Marquette

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Ralph Berger
Albert S. D'Agostino

Set Decoration by

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James Altwies ... (set decorations)
Darrell Silvera ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Michael Woulfe

Makeup Department

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist
Larry Germain ... hair stylist
Burris Grimwood ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Vera Peterson ... hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

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John Burch ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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John Pommer ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Clem Portman ... sound
Francis M. Sarver ... sound (as Frank Sarver)

Stunts

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Carey Loftin ... stunts (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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S.H. Barton ... gaffer (uncredited)
Dick DuValle ... camera operator (uncredited)
Ollie Sigurdson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Frank Williams ... grip (uncredited)

Music Department

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director
Paul Sawtell ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Roy Webb ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Mercy Weireter ... script supervisor (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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, but things go wrong: a cop and two robbers are killed, and Purvis hides out with the money while Lieutenant Cordell, friend of the dead cop, investigates. Purvis' new getaway plan shows promise, but could have one tiny flaw. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines THE STICK-UP THAT STUNNED THE NATION! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Code 3-A (United States)
  • Code 3 (United States)
  • Armoured Car Robbery (United Kingdom)
  • Atraco al furgón blindado (Spain)
  • Assalt al furgó blindat (Spain, Catalan title)
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  • 67 min
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Trivia There was a Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. It opened 1925 and mostly used by the Pacific Coast Minor league team the Los Angeles Angels. In 1961 the Los Angeles Angels played their first major league season there. It was demolished in 1969. See more »
Goofs When the Tower notices another plane coming in for a landing on the main runway; the private plane was warned to pull up. But the private plane was still on the ground and not in the take-off stage. It was just taxiing and then it stopped, therefore, it made no sense for the air controller to tell the plane to pull up. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Palookaville (1995). See more »
Soundtracks Cindy Lou McWilliams See more »
Crazy Credits In the film's opening credits, the title is surrounded by quotation marks. See more »
Quotes Ryan: [On the phone] We hit pay dirt. The gal in question is Yvonne LeDoux, a bur-le-q queen workin' out of the Bijou Theater, but that's not all. She's also the widow of the late Benny McBride'
Lt. Jim Cordell: Benny's wife, huh?
Ryan: You should see her workin' clothes Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.
Lt. Jim Cordell: Very funny.
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