Violent Saturday (1955)

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Writers:

Sydney Boehm (screenplay), William L. Heath (novel)

Stars:

Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally

Cast

Cast overview:
Victor Mature	...	Shelley Martin
Richard Egan	...	Boyd Fairchild
Stephen McNally	...	Harper (bank robber)
Virginia Leith	...	Linda Sherman
Tommy Noonan	...	Harry Reeves, Bank Manager
Lee Marvin	...	Dill, Bank Robber
Margaret Hayes	...	Mrs. Emily Fairchild
J. Carrol Naish	...	Chapman, Bank Robber
Sylvia Sidney	...	Elsie Braden
Ernest Borgnine	...	Stadt, Amish Farmer
Dorothy Patrick	...	Helen Martin
Billy Chapin	...	Steve Martin
Brad Dexter	...	Gil Clayton

Storyline

A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums decides to rob the local bank. A father looking for pride in his son's eyes, a timid clerk who is a peeping tom by night, a man striving to rewin his wife's love, an Amish farmer faced with viciousness, and a proper older woman turned thief, all find themselves entangled with the bank robbers as a peaceful weekend turns violent.

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Plot Keywords:

bank robber | heist | bank robbery | bank | amish | 

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Taglines:

The day all Hell broke loose !

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 April 1955 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les inconnus dans la ville

Filming Locations:

Lowell, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$955,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording) (optical prints) 4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints)

Color:

Color (Color by Deluxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It's the first Twentieth Century-Fox feature produced by Buddy Adler, shortly before he replaced Darryl F. Zanuck as studio head of production in 1956.

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Quotes

Mrs. Emily Fairchild: Would you like me to have you thrown out?
Linda Sherman: Why don't you get mad enough to try it. All I want is an excuse to pull that hair right out of your stupid head.
[Mrs. Emily Fairchild looks away]
Linda Sherman: Guess you don't have the guts.

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Connections

Edited into Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase (1965)

User Reviews

Irresistible 50's B-movie

Three well-dressed hoods come to a small town to rob its bank in this solid 50's B-movie, well directed by Richard Fleischer. The Peyton Place type subplots are pure soap (except maybe for a bizarre bit featuring Tommy Noonan as a milquetoast pervert), but the bank job and its aftermath are pretty good payoffs. Chief among this film's pleasures are the great supporting character actors, including Noonan, J. Carroll Naish as a veteran safecracker, Sylvia Sidney as the town's crusty librarian, and, in early performances, Lee Marvin as a sadistic thug who favors powder blue suits and Ernest Borgnine as, of all things, an Amish farmer ("I thank thee, neighbor.")! If you like typical 50's B-movies, this will definitely be a guilty pleasure -- it's worth hunting for (I found a lousy print of it that was put out by some company called Hellfire Video). How can you resist a movie starring Victor Mature and titled "Violent Saturday"!