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The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

1959 · 85 min

A slow-burning, docudrama-style heist that feels tense and grim, with a raw, location-shot realism and a mounting sense of doom.

Genres
Crime, Thriller
Tagline
Never before in Police annals! Never before in film history!
Overview
Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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