A locksmith gets caught up in a bank robbery.A locksmith gets caught up in a bank robbery.A locksmith gets caught up in a bank robbery.
Berry Kroeger
- Willis Trent
- (as Berry Kroger)
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
- Pedro
- (as Gonzales Gonzales)
Fred Aldrich
- Bank Guard
- (uncredited)
David Leonard
- Mr. Grover - Locksmith
- (uncredited)
John Mitchum
- Andy
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Burt Kennedy
- Frank Gruber
- Tedd Pierce(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere really was a Grover's Lock and Key on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. Apparently, it was easier to use the existing storefront than create a phony one for the movie.
- GoofsAt about 68 minutes, when Pedro opens a glass door to leave the bowling alley, the cameraman and a director are clearly reflected in the glass door.
- Crazy creditsVeteran heavy Berry Kroeger had his name misspelled in the main credits as "Berry Kroger."
- ConnectionsReferences You Bet Your Life (1950)
- SoundtracksLet The Chips Fall Where They May
by 'By' Dunham (as By Dunham) and Henry Vars
Sung by Vivianne Lloyd (uncredited)
Featured review
Batjac noir
John Wayne's Batjac Productions produced this average and cheap potboiler noir and the cast and credits look like they could have come from a Wayne film. With
Andrew McLaglen directing, Burt Kennedy doing the script and William Clothier
behind the camera it sure looks like a Wayne western.
But it's a modern noir film that Batjac has given us. I think John Wayne was trying to launch William Campbell's career with a lead and while Campbell had a good career, he sure never became box office.
Campbell plays a locksmith who Berry Kroeger wants to employ to make a duplicate key for a safety deposit box that contains $200,000.00 in cash. Kroeger is one ruthless dude and has many ways of persuasion including capturing and threatening to torture Karen Sharpe who Campbell has recently been seeing. He's got Mike Mazurki for the rough stuff on his payroll.
It's a real pickle Campbell is in, but he's a plucky soul
A lot of money sure wasn't spent on this given the folks associated with this one. All I can say is that in this average noir film, a whole lot of people did this one as a favor to the Duke.
But it's a modern noir film that Batjac has given us. I think John Wayne was trying to launch William Campbell's career with a lead and while Campbell had a good career, he sure never became box office.
Campbell plays a locksmith who Berry Kroeger wants to employ to make a duplicate key for a safety deposit box that contains $200,000.00 in cash. Kroeger is one ruthless dude and has many ways of persuasion including capturing and threatening to torture Karen Sharpe who Campbell has recently been seeing. He's got Mike Mazurki for the rough stuff on his payroll.
It's a real pickle Campbell is in, but he's a plucky soul
A lot of money sure wasn't spent on this given the folks associated with this one. All I can say is that in this average noir film, a whole lot of people did this one as a favor to the Duke.
helpful•10
- bkoganbing
- Jan 8, 2019
Details
- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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