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Man in the Vault is a 1956 film noir about a locksmith, played by William Campbell, who is forced to help gangsters commit a robbery. The screenplay by Burt Kennedy was based on the novel The Lock and the Key by Frank Gruber .
Also for Batjac, Kennedy wrote Gun the Man Down (1956) starring James Arness, and Man in the Vault (1956), a contemporary thriller. Both were directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. Kennedy also wrote The Tall T for Batjac, based on a story by Elmore Leonard. [2]
Man in the Vault: Andrew V. McLaglen: William Campbell, Anita Ekberg, Karen Sharpe: Crime: RKO: The Man Is Armed: Franklin Adreon: Dane Clark, William Talman, May Wynn: Crime: Republic: The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alfred Hitchcock: Doris Day, James Stewart, Bernard Miles: Film noir: Paramount. Remake of 1934 film; Oscar for Best Song: The Man ...
Campbell's film career began in 1950, with a small part in the John Garfield film The Breaking Point. After several years of similar supporting performances in a number of films, including as a co-pilot in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954), he won his first starring role in Cell 2455 Death Row (1955), a low-budget prison film for Columbia Pictures.
After several more assistant director jobs, McLaglen directed his first film, Man in the Vault (1956), written by Burt Kennedy. It was followed by Gun the Man Down (1956), a western B movie with James Arness, whom McLaglen got to know making Big Jim McLain; it also starred Angie Dickinson and Harry Carey Jr.
Gun the Man Down is a 1956 American western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring James Arness and Angie Dickinson in her first leading role. The film was produced by Robert E. Morrison for his brother John Wayne's company Batjac Productions. It was the second theatrical feature directed by McLaglen, who was a prolific director of ...
Jack White’s Third Man Records announced their 50th vault package, The White Stripes - Live At The Detroit Institute of Arts. Documenting the band’s performance on November 2, 2001 in the ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1956 films. It includes 1956 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for crime films released in the year 1956 .