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| Guy Madison | ... | Al Mercer | |
| Kim Novak | ... | Kay Greylek | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Brick | |
| Alvy Moore | ... | Roy | |
| Kerwin Mathews | ... | Ronnie | |
| William Conrad | ... | Eric Berg | |
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Jack Dimond | ... | Francis Spiegelbauer |
| Jean Willes | ... | Virginia | |
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Four college buddies enjoying a night at a Reno casino are told by a cop that robbing the casino "cannot be done." That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. He convinces the others to join in when they hear that it will only be a college hoax, his plan being to let the police know where the money is afterwards. The thing is, one of his friends has a head injury from the war, and has no intention of returning a dime. Written by Rone Barton Lokarr <sandbox2@ix.netcom.com>
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Country:
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8 October 1955 (Albania) See more »Also Known As:
Five Against the House See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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What a waste of talent! What a rubbish screenplay! If this is supposed to be a heist, I came away feeling that it was a coming of age film of varsity graduates supposed to be in their twenties, but quite clearly in their mid- to late thirties, and with some war veterans thrown in to create even more confusion in the viewer's mind.
Beautiful Novak is a welcome respite to so much nonsense, Keith' performance is over the top but still possibly the best of the bunch, Guy Madison is utterly forgettable - and ultimately even the B&W photography is run of the mill. Don't waste your valuable time...