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Plunder Road

1957 · 72 min

A lean, clockwork heist that tightens like a wire, cool and fatalistic, with the getaway itself as the real suspense.

Tagline
Crime of the century!
Overview
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • survival
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Hubert Cornfield
Written by
Steven Ritch
Starring
Gene Raymond, Jeanne Cooper, Wayne Morris, Elisha Cook Jr., Stafford Repp, Steven Ritch, Harry Tyler, Helene Heigh
Music
Irving Gertz
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
Runtime
72 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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