Man in the Vault
Forced Into Crime To Save The Girl He Loved!
1956 | 73m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Andrew V. McLaglen |
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| Writer: | Burt Kennedy, Frank Gruber |
| Staring: |
| A locksmith is pressured into crime when the mob makes him perform an elaborate bank robbery. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 12, 1956 |
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| Director: | Andrew V. McLaglen |
| Writer: | Burt Kennedy, Frank Gruber |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | bank robber, film noir, b movie |
| Production Companies | Batjac Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Campbell | Tommy Dancer |
| Karen Sharpe | Betty Turner |
| Anita Ekberg | Flo Randall |
| Berry Kroeger | Willis Trent |
| Paul Fix | Herbie |
| James Seay | Paul De Camp |
| Mike Mazurki | Louie |
| Robert Keys | Earl Farraday |
| Nancy Duke | Trent's Girl Friend |
| Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez | Pedro |
| Vivianne Lloyd | Singer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrew V. McLaglen | Director |
| Burt Kennedy | Screenplay |
| William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Joe Hale | Art Direction |
| Dorcy Howard | Set Decoration |
| Harley Miller | Set Decoration |
| Frank Gruber | Novel |
| Henry Vars | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert E. Morrison | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Bowling for deposit boxes. Adapted by Burt Kennedy from the Frank Gruber novel, The Lock and the Key, Man in the Vault is a minor 50s crime flick that has somehow been lumped into the film noir encyclopedias. Andrew V. McLaglen directs and William Campbell, Karen Sharpe, Anita Ekberg and Berry Kr ... oeger star. Story has Campbell as a locksmith who gets coerced into a deposit box theft just as Sharpe turns his head romantically. Amazingly, nothing much happens, there's a lot of talking and pouting, Campbell's teddy-boy quiff always holds court, while Kroeger tries to eat all the indoor scenery. William H. Clothier is utterly wasted on photography, only really getting to use his skills when the story enters out onto the real L.A. locations; which are actually the film's only saving grace. OK! The deposit box sequence has a modicum of suspense, the mystery element as Campbell tries to fathom out what's going on also works, but come the weak and cop-out finale you may well wish you had done the gardening instead. 5/10