Blueprint for Robbery
Cast & Crew
Jerry Hopper
J. Pat O'malley
Robert J. Wilke
Robert Gist
Romo Vincent
Jay Barney
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Boston nightclub owner Chips McGann organizes a group of mobsters to rob an armored car service. Ex-convict Red Mack is masterminding the plan on the condition that they wait for his old friend Pop Kane to finish a jail sentence. When Pop is released, the plans are completed, and several weeks are devoted to careful preparations. The gang then don grotesque Halloween masks, enter the armored car building, and make off with more than $2 million. As previously agreed, McGann is to keep all the money until the Massachusetts statute of limitations runs out in 3 1/2 years. A short time after the heist, Red is jailed on a minor robbery charge, but McGann refuses, despite Pop's pleas, to furnish the bail. Red is paroled, and McGann attempts to have him killed, but Red survives. The police become suspicious, revoke his parole, and lock him up again. When he refuses to talk, they tell him that they plan to arrest Pop on a parole violation charge and send him back to prison for life. Red then agrees to provide the evidence if Pop is cleared of all charges and permitted to return to his native Ireland. After the remainder of the gang have been apprehended, a meeting is arranged between Pop and Red. Pop, unaware that Red has saved him from life imprisonment, accuses him of being an informer and walks out of the room.
Director
Jerry Hopper
Cast
J. Pat O'malley
Robert J. Wilke
Robert Gist
Romo Vincent
Jay Barney
Henry Corden
Tom Dugan
Sherwood Price
Robert Carricart
John Indrisano
Paul Salata
Joe Conley
Marion Ross
Barbara Mansell
Crew
C. C. Coleman Jr.
Sam Comer
Farciot Edouart
Bryan Foy
Charles Grenzbach
Hugo Grenzbach
Loyal Griggs
Nellie Manley
Terry O. Morse
Ray Moyer
Hal Pereira
Al Roelofs
Preston G. Smith
Nathan Van Cleave
Wally Westmore
Irwin Winehouse
A. Sanford Wolf
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Based on a 1950 armored car robbery in Boston. The film's advisor, Preston G. Smith, served as warden of the U. S. Federal Prison at Terminal Island, California. The working title of this film is The Big Boston Robbery.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1960
Based on a 1950 armored car robbery in Boston.
Released in United States Winter December 31, 1960
