Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959)

Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's ... See full summary »

Director:

Edward L. Cahn

Writers:

Robert E. Kent (screenplay), Paul Gangelin (story),

Stars:

Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mamie Van Doren	...	Vi Victor
Gerald Mohr	...	Charles (Chuck) Wheeler
Lee Van Cleef	...	Mike Bennett
Grant Richards	...	Joe Darren
Elaine Edwards	...	Ann Thomas
John Baer	...	Steve Thomas
Paul Fix	...	Lou Largo
Carlo Fiore	...	Tom Abbott

Storyline

Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.

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Plot Keywords:

heist | casino | radio transmission | nightclub singer | garage | 

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Taglines:

A Cheating Blonde... A Crazed Con.... The Biggest Armored-Car Robbery in History!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1959 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Überfall von Las Vegas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward Small Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

How Bout That Title!

With this great title we get Guns (45's, rifles with scope and silencer, 38's), Girls (Mamie and a Nuclear White Bread Wife), and Gangsters (cons, gamblers, techno-nerds, thugs). Mamie Van Doren was the third-rate platinum blonde (after Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield) of the 1950's.

She had a hard look and demeanor contrasting Marilyn's doey-eyed sweetness and Jayne's playful pin-up, so she played Molls and Dames and wore her skin-tight, reflective attire with seductive charm. Here she is also allowed two "singing and dancing" numbers that are pedestrian but passable.

Lee Van Cleef's sneering and devilish face provide the violence and nastiness. It is a somewhat boring pace but kick's in after a very slow start with a gabby set-up and less than interesting compositions.

Not a bad B-Movie and is welcome enough but just isn't too remarkable. Some blame could be put on the over-age, unattractive, baggy-eyed Mohr who was one of the most unappealing self-conscious "leads" around the Drive-In Movie circuit.