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6.8/10   59 votes
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Writers:
Steven Ritch (story) and
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Release Date:
5 December 1957 (USA) more
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Crime of the century!
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On a dark night of pelting rain, five men stage a well-planned train robbery and get away with a 10,000,000 dollar... more | add synopsis
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A tight, tense, no-frills thriller more (4 total)

Cast

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Gene Raymond ... Eddie Harris
Jeanne Cooper ... Fran Werner
Wayne Morris ... Commando Munson
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Skeets Jonas
Stafford Repp ... Roly Adams
Steven Ritch ... Frankie Chardo
Naura Hayden ... Hazel (as Nora Hayden)
Helene Heigh ... Society Woman
Paul Harber ... Trooper No. 1
Don Garrett ... Policeman
Michael Fox ... Smog Officer / Narrator
Richard Newton ... Guard No. 2
Charles J. Conrad ... Trooper No. 2 (as Charles Conrad)
Jim Canino ... Tibbs
Robin Riley ... Don
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Runtime:
72 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
A tight, tense, no-frills thriller, 27 April 2001
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Author: bmacv from Western New York

Plunder Road is an object lesson in what can be done with a low-budget and a stripped-down script. The opening moments, at night under a hard rain, are disorienting, swift, and all but silent. A gang of highwaymen has plotted to rob a train of its gold-bullion cargo. Successful, its members split off onto three separate routes to what they hope will be prosperous freedom. The movie follows them dispassionately as they individually reckon with their fates. This is a marvel of action and economy -- one of the most enjoyable offerings from late in the cycle of film noir.

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