A very enjoyable, and quick, bank heist film featuring square-jawed Charles McGraw and William Talman with familiar elements, including 1950s L.A. as a backdrop. A career criminal (Talman) lines up local bad guys for a heist, with the added twist of his involvement with one of the local's girl, which leads, naturally, to a double-cross. An intrepid detective (McGraw), loses his partner in the armored car heist, and this drives the plot towards its grisly conclusion. Good fun, moves along fast, with plenty of light coming through venetian blinds, reflecting on hotel walls.
After years of watching Talman as Perry Mason's foil, the district attorney Hamilton Burger on the television series, it was great to watch him use his odd looks to full effect as a sociopathic criminal. His biography, available here on IMDb, also reveals his courage towards the very end of his life, as he filmed a short anti-smoking film for the American Cancer Society as he lay dying of lung cancer.
After years of watching Talman as Perry Mason's foil, the district attorney Hamilton Burger on the television series, it was great to watch him use his odd looks to full effect as a sociopathic criminal. His biography, available here on IMDb, also reveals his courage towards the very end of his life, as he filmed a short anti-smoking film for the American Cancer Society as he lay dying of lung cancer.