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

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)

Trailer

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