Man in the Vault (1956)
- Directed by
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, heist film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A locksmith gets pressured by criminals to help them crack a safe for a robbery. He tries to find a way out of the dangerous situation.
tensesuspensefulgrittynoirishbleakclaustrophobicmorally ambiguousshadowy
What happens
Man in the Vault is a 1956 film noir about a locksmith, played by William Campbell, who is forced to help gangsters commit a robbery. The screenplay by Burt Kennedy was based on the novel The Lock and the Key by Frank Gruber. The film was the directorial debut of Andrew V. McLaglen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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