Top Ten Collaborators - Armored Car Robbery
by milam_ogden | created - 12 Feb 2014 | updated - 12 Feb 2014 | PublicOne of my favorite film noir classics, this one stars Charles McGraw and William Talman - two of better actors playing hard-nosed noir characters - one good and one evil. Here are the top collaborators that brought this movie to the screen.
1. Robert Angus
Writer | Armored Car Robbery
Robert Angus was born on December 31, 1917 in Arizona, USA. He was a producer and editor, known for Armored Car Robbery (1950), Brown Eye, Evil Eye (1968) and Fireside Theatre (1949). He was married to Joyce Ann Miller. He died on February 5, 1996 in Fountain Valley, California, USA.
2. Richard Fleischer
Director | Soylent Green
Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...
brought in by RKO Pictures to direct
3. Guy Roe
Cinematographer | Armored Car Robbery
Guy Roe was born on March 7, 1903 in Christian County, Kentucky, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Armored Car Robbery (1950), In This Corner (1948) and Behind Locked Doors (1948). He died on December 12, 1959 in Inyo County, California, USA.
director of photography
4. Harry Revel
Soundtrack | Minstrel Man
Harry Revel was born on December 21, 1905 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for Minstrel Man (1944), The Highwaymen (2019) and Election (1999). He died on November 3, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
directed music, lyrics by Mort Greene
5. Charles McGraw
Actor | Spartacus
Stony-faced, grizzled-looking tough guy Charles McGraw (real name Charles Butters) notched up dozens of TV and film credits, usually portraying law enforcement figures or military officers, plus the odd shifty gangster. While at high school he worked as a theatre usher and was nicknamed "Chick" by ...
played lead cop role - Lt Jim Cordell
6. William Talman
Actor | The Hitch-Hiker
William Talman is best known for his role as Hamilton Burger, the district attorney who perpetually lost to Perry Mason in the long-running series Perry Mason (1957). Talman was an accomplished screenwriter and stage and screen actor, and appeared in numerous roles on television as a character ...
played Dave Purvis, mastermind behind armored car robbery
7. Adele Jergens
Actress | Armored Car Robbery
Fewer dames were tougher on the 40s and 50s screen than leggy (5'9") "B" star Adele Jergens, the tough-talking, plump-cheeked peroxide blonde who gave her fair share of tawdry trouble in backstage dramas, film noir, crime potboilers, and adventure yarns. She was just as headstrong at trying to bust...
played love interest to Fowley and Talman
8. Douglas Fowley
Actor | Singin' in the Rain
He was born in the Bronx, New York. As a young man, he moved to Los Angeles and studied at Los Angeles City College. He served in the Navy during World War II. Fowley played everything from cowboys to gangsters, appearing alongside stars like Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly ...
leader of gang hired by Purvis
9. Steve Brodie
Actor | Out of the Past
Primarily known as a "B" movie bad guy of hundreds of films, husky actor Steve Brodie was born John Daugherty Stephens on November 25, 1919, in El Dorado, Kansas. Raised in Wichita, he dropped out of school and raced cars, boxed and worked on oil rigs to get by. He initially entertained a criminal ...
gang member
10. Donald McGuire
Donald McGuire was born on December 19, 1916 in Iowa, USA. He was an actor. He died on December 31, 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
partner to Lt Cordell
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