Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery - Starring Steve McQueen



The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery is shot in black and white and is from the noir film movement. A gang's plans for a St Louis bank robbery become complicated when one of the thieves' sisters begins to speak about her well-founded suspicions. Steve McQueen stars as a college dropout who is the getaway driver in the scheme. The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the residents and bank employees featured in the film, in the same parts they did in the actual robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St Louis. Produced 1959
Directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix
Starring Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton and David Clarke

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