Man in the Vault

12/12/19561h 13m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Forced Into Crime To Save The Girl He Loved! ~

Overview:

A locksmith is pressured into crime when the mob makes him perform an elaborate bank robbery.

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

bank robber
film noir
b movie

Cast

William Campbell

~ as ~

Tommy Dancer

Karen Sharpe

~ as ~

Betty Turner

Anita Ekberg

~ as ~

Flo Randall

Berry Kroeger

~ as ~

Willis Trent

Paul Fix

~ as ~

Herbie

James Seay

~ as ~

Paul De Camp

Mike Mazurki

~ as ~

Louie

Robert Keys

~ as ~

Earl Farraday

Nancy Duke

~ as ~

Trent's Girl Friend

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

~ as ~

Pedro

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 10 year(s) ago
5
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 Kroeger 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