Violent Saturday (1955)
- Directed by
- Richard Fleischer
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, heist film, melodrama, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 79 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a small Arizona mining town, a gang plans a bank robbery. The heist becomes entangled with the private struggles of several townspeople, including a bank manager, a wealthy man, and a troubled family.
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What happens
Violent Saturday is a 1955 American crime film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Victor Mature, Richard Egan and Stephen McNally. Set in a fictional mining town in Arizona, the film depicts the planning of a bank robbery as the nexus in the personal lives of several townspeople. Shot in CinemaScope and filmed on location in Bisbee, Arizona, the supporting cast includes Lee Marvin, Sylvia Sidney and Ernest Borgnine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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