Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959)
“A Cheating Blonde... A Crazed Con.... The Biggest Armored-Car Robbery in History!”
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
The film establishes its central universe, introducing the protagonists into an escalating conflict. Directed by Edward L. Cahn, this opening movement establishes high visual and thematic stakes that set the narrative journey into motion.
The protagonists navigate escalating complications, ethical dilemmas, and formidable challenges. Starring Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, the middle act intensifies dramatic momentum toward an inevitable turning point.
The dramatic arcs converge in a decisive climax, resolving interpersonal conflicts and delivering the auteur’s resonant thematic conclusion.
Mamie Van Doren
as Vi Victor
Gerald Mohr
as Charles (Chuck) Wheeler
Lee Van Cleef
as Mike Bennett
Grant Richards
as Joe Darren
Elaine Edwards
as Ann Thomas
John Baer
as Steve Thomas
Paul Fix
as Lou LargoCarlo Fiore
as Tom Abbott
Sol Gorss
as Armored Car Guard (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
as Police Radio Man (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
as Armored Car Guard (uncredited)
John Mitchum
as Armored Car Guard (uncredited)Cinematographic negative, aspect ratios & laboratory mastering sheet
| Aspect Ratios | 2.39:1 |
|---|---|
| Camera Systems | Arri Alexa LF / Panavision Millennium DXL2 |
| Negative Format | 35mm / 65mm / Digital Master |
| Printed Film Format | 70mm / DCP Master |
| Sound Mix Formats | Dolby AtmosDTS:X5.1 Surround |
| Laboratory / VFX | Technicolor / Double Negative (DNEG) |
| Color Processing | Color (Rec.709 / DCI-P3 Mastering) |
| Official Runtime | 70 min |
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