Armored Car Robbery Page #3

Synopsis: Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks as a planner He plots a holdup in meticulous detail; but things go wrong, a cop and two robbers are killed, and Purvis hides out with the money while Lieut. Cordell, friend of the dead cop, investigates. Purvis's new getaway plan shows promise, but may have one tiny flaw.
Director(s): Richard Fleischer
Production: RKO Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.0
PASSED
Year:
1950
67 min
176 Views


Special unit 12, Cordell.

Code three.

Officer needs help, Wrigley Field.

A 211 major. Notify all units.

CORDELL:
Be on the lookout.

- Black '46 sedan. WOMAN: Black '46 sedan.

License, California.

First three numbers: five, Jason, eight.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Heading east, 41st Street at central.

Instruct all units, these

men wanted for armed robbery.

And set up immediate roadblocks

on all main arteries from city.

I'd like to see Lieutenant

Phillips, if I may go in.

Are you a member of the family?

I'm from police headquarters.

Lieutenant Cordell. He's a friend.

Just a moment, lieutenant.

I'm Dr. Leslie.

Go ahead. Tell me.

We couldn't save him, lieutenant. I'm sorry.

Was anyone with him?

His wife. She's in the

waiting room. In there.

Thank you.

Tough break, Marsha.

For you too.

[CORDELL SIGHS]

Yeah.

I know how you feel, Jim.

You were partners for years.

Yeah, you kind of get used to a guy.

I know.

Marsha, I just wanna say...

Well, if there's anything

you need, you know where I am.

Thanks, Jim.

- How's she taking it?

- She'll be all right.

What do you want, Ryan?

We found the getaway car.

They ditched it underneath the Slauson

Avenue Bridge near the riverbed.

Good.

- And I'd better tell you the rest of it.

- Well?

I've been assigned to

work with you on the case.

- So you're replacing Phillips, huh?

- Yes, sir.

That's just dandy.

WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: 327 Empire Drive,

see a woman about a broken window.

327 Empire Drive, see a

woman about a broken window.

- What did they leave us besides the car?

- Quite a bit.

Gas masks, painters' coveralls. Looks

like they changed clothes down here.

- What about fingerprints?

- Some smudgy ones that nobody can read.

But whoever was wearing this

got plugged. Note the hole.

I see it. I put it there.

Hey, lieutenant. You better take a look

in here. Somebody lost a lot of blood.

Not enough to suit me.

We found some more blood

over here, lieutenant.

Apparently, whoever got shot

rested against that wall.

CORDELL:
That's bloodied up, all right.

Somebody must've lifted him.

There's two sets of prints.

Footprints end over there, where

they had another car stashed.

Seventy-one and 78, clear.

Numbers 1 and 2, no warrant.

- Did we get a rundown on

the second car? - Mm-hm.

178 Sanchez and Cloverdale.

Tread quite worn. Front and rear wheels...

...116 inches apart. Measuring

the indentations on the ground...

...I'd say the weight was around

3000 pounds. That's a small car.

[BENNY GROANING]

FOSTER:
We gotta do something

about him. He's conking out.

How is it now?

Gotta get patched up, Dave.

Can't we stop someplace?

We'll stop when we get to

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Earl Felton

Earl Felton (1909–1972) was an American screenwriter.He was a regular collaborator with Richard Fleischer, who later wrote that "Earl was crippled from childhood with polio. He had no use of his legs, but he navigated beautifully with a crutch and cane... Earl normally hated anybody [helping]... him and would sometimes lay about him with his cane."Fleischer added that "in spite of his lifeless legs and total reliance of a crutch and cane to get around, Felton was much given to self-indulgences and debaucheries." more…

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