''Plunder Road'' is a 1957 American

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film noir directed by

Hubert Cornfield Hubert Cornfield (February 9, 1929 — June 18, 2006) was an American film director in Hollywood. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and died in Los Angeles. Billy Wilder, William Wyler and Joseph L. Mankiewicz all signed his Directors Guild of Amer ...

and starring

Gene Raymond Gene Raymond (born Raymond Guion; August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998) was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a singer, composer, screenwriter, director, producer, and decorat ...

Jeanne Cooper Wilma Jeanne Cooper (October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her role as Katherine Chancellor on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' (1973–2013). At the time of her death, she was eighth on the ...

and

Wayne Morris Wayne Morris (born Bert DeWayne Morris Jr. February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959) was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace. He appeared in many films, including ''Paths of Glory'' (1957), '' ...

Plot

Five men carry out an elaborate plan to rob a gold shipment from a San Francisco-bound US mint train. To throw the police off the track, they split up and drive off in three different directions. Two of the gang's gold-laden trucks are captured by the police, but the third makes it all the way to Los Angeles, where Eddie (Raymond) melts down the gold and disguises it as fittings for his luxury car. On the verge of getting away, he is involved in a freeway accident.

Cast

as Eddie Harris *

as Fran Werner *

as Commando Munson *

Elisha Cook Jr. Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. (December 26, 1903 – May 18, 1995) was an American character actor famed for his work in films noir. According to Bill Georgaris of TSPDT: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They, Cook appeared in a total of 21 film ...

as Skeets Jonas (as Elisha Cook) *

Stafford Repp Stafford Alois Repp (April 26, 1918November 5, 1974) was an American actor best known for his role as Police Chief Miles Clancy O'Hara on ABC's ''Batman'' television series. Career Soon after the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, he ser ...

as Roly Adams *

Steven Ritch Steven Ritch (26 December 1921 – 20 July 1995) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his lead role in the 1956 film '' The Werewolf''. Early life Steven Ritch was born on December 26, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island. Career Ritch's c ...

as Frankie Chardo *

Nora Hayden Norah Helene Hayden (September 29, 1930 – August 10, 2013) was an American actress, and as Naura Hayden an author, who worked in entertainment also as Nora Hayden and in modeling as Helene Hayden. Biography Hayden was the daughter of Los An ...

as Hazel * Helene Heigh as Society Woman * Harry Tyler as Ernie Beach * Charles J. Conrad as Trooper No. 2 (as Charles Conrad) * Paul Harber as Trooper No. 1 * Don Garrett as Policeman * Michael Fox as Smog Officer / Voice of Radio Reporter John Oliver * Richard Newton as Guard No. 2 * Jim Canino as Tibbs * Robin Riley as Don * Douglas Bank as Guard No. 1 / Narrator

Production

The film was known as ''The Violent Road'' and filming started July 15 at the Kling Studios.

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at Film Monthly 1957 films 1957 crime films 20th Century Fox films American black-and-white films American crime films Film noir Films directed by Hubert Cornfield Films set in California American heist films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-film-stub

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