Armored Car Robbery

A well-planned robbery goes awry, with tough cop Cordell in pursuit.

Armored Car Robbery



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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>





Dave Purvis has pulled off an armored-car robbery with engineering precision, and has a few details to tend to before boardi! ng a chartered airplane to take him to a life of ease and comfort; first he shoots a wounded gang-member, whose wife he is bedding, tosses another one to the police and betrays a third and is nearly home free. However, Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Jim Cordell, using his brain and playing hunches, and making use of the police department's scientific network of laboratory, switchboard, radio-patrol cars, wire-tapping and recording devices is closing fast. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Genres: Crime Drama Film-Noir Thriller

Release year: 1950