1950 · noir · heist · procedural
Armored Car Robbery
Directed by Richard Fleischer1h 7m1950
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
Our read: Armored Car Robbery (1950) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded noir · heist · procedural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured noir / heist, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
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- intense
- cold
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