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Five men rob a train in Utah of 10 million dollars in gold and head to Los Angeles in 3 trucks hoping to meet up with their beautiful accomplice and leave the country.
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Eddie Harris
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Fran Werner
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Commando Munson
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Skeets Jonas
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Roly Adams
Steven Ritch ...
Frankie Chardo
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Hazel
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Society Woman
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Ernie Beach--Gas Station Attendant
Charles J. Conrad ...
Trooper No. 2 (as Charles Conrad)
Paul Harber ...
Trooper No. 1
Don Garrett ...
Policeman
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Smog Officer / Voice of Radio Reporter John Oliver
Richard Newton ...
Guard No. 2
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Tibbs
Robin Riley ...
Don
Douglas Bank ...
Guard No. 1 / Narrator
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Officer No. 1 (uncredited)

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Hubert Cornfield

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Steven Ritch ... (screenplay)
 
Steven Ritch ... (story) and
Jack Charney ... (story)

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E.J. Baumgarten ... executive producer (uncredited)
Leon Chooluck ... producer
Laurence Stewart ... producer

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Irving Gertz

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Ernest Haller ... director of photography

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Warren Adams
Jerry Young ... (as Jerry S. Young)

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Bob Gill

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Louis Hippe ... makeup artist (as Lou Hippe)

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Louis Brandt ... assistant director (as Lou Brandt)
Nat Merman ... assistant director

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Frank Sullivan ... property master

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Harold Hanks ... sound
Harry M. Leonard ... sound

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Jack Erickson ... special effects

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Louis DeWitt ... photographic effects
Jack Rabin ... photographic effects

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Lloyd Garnell ... chief electrician

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Mary Tate ... wardrobe: women
Adolph Weiss ... wardrobe: men

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Irving Gertz ... conductor

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Pat Miller ... script supervisor

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Michael Fox ... assistant to producers
Bob Gill ... title designer
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Plot Summary

On a dark night of pelting rain, five men stage a well-planned train robbery and get away with a $10 million, nine-ton gold shipment. Dividing the massive haul into three concealed truck loads, the team makes a would-be inconspicuous escape across country to what they hope will be a perfect getaway. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines Only a thin white line stood between him and ten million in gold! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Violent Road (United States)
  • Hold-Up (France)
  • Les pillards de la route (Belgium, French title)
  • Пътят на грабежа (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Hovedvej til helvede (Denmark)
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Trivia Final cinema film of Wayne Morris (I). NOTE: He appeared in Buffalo Gun (1961), which was released in 1961, but it was shot in 1957, before this film. For the remainder of his career he appeared on television. See more »
Goofs The trucks are fitted with California registration plates all along the 500 miles they travel. California plates with arouse immediate suspicion with the police in roadblocks in all the states they had to pass. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in A Night at the Movies: Cops & Robbers and Crime Writers (2013). See more »
Quotes Eddie Harris: [Commando and Frankie laugh after pulling off the heist] Before we start congratulating ourselves let's remember we've still got 900 miles to go, 900 miles to every cop between here and the coast, and you laugh it up like a couple of clowns.
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