Highway 301 (1950)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1950-12-01
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Writers: Andrew L. Stone
Language: Italian | Chinese | English
Stars: Steve Cochran , Virginia Grey , Gaby André , Edmon Ryan , Robert Webber , Wally Cassell , Fern Eggen
Runtime: 83 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Road Block (United States of America) , Meurtre inachevé (Belgium) , Highway 301 (Canada) , Estrada 301 (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , The Tri-State Gang (United States of America) , Terrorbanden fra Highway 301 (Denmark) , De Zwarte Panter (Netherlands the) , 4 desperados död (Sweden) , Highway 301 (United Kingdom) , Dromos tou aimatos (Greece) , Carretera 301 (Spain) , Politie-dossier 301 (Netherlands the) , Carretera 301 (Mexico) , Der Panther , The Two Million Dollar Bank Robbery (United States of America) , Der Panther (Austria) , The One Million Dollar Bank Robbery (United States of America) , Highway 301 (Canada) , 明日なき男 (Japan) , Autostrada 301 (Romania) , The Big Stickup (United States of America) , The Big Stickup , Témoin de la dernière heure (France, French Republic) , Шоссе 301 , I symmoria ton trion politeion (Greece) , Estrada 301 (Brazil) , Highway 301 (United States of America) , Valtatie 301 (Finland) , Highway 301 , La banda dei tre stati (Italy) , Onvoltooide misdaad (Belgium)
Plot: During the late 1940s, a gang of armed-robbers, known as The Tri-State Gang, terrorizes banks and payroll-vans in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. The five members of the gang, all of whom have long police records, are George Legenza, William B. Phillips, Robert Mais, Herbie Brooks and Noyes Hinton. The gang leader, George Legenza, is particularly vicious and takes pleasure in killing robbery-witnesses as well as bank guards. During a bank robbery, a witness notices the get-away car's license-plate but only partially. The police sets-up road-blocks and verifies the identity of all persons fitting the robbers' description as well as their car's partially-known license-plate, model and color. A special police unit, led by Detective Sgt. Truscott, is tasked with apprehending the robbers. All five mobsters have girlfriends to pass their spare-time but these women are not aware of the gang's criminal activities. When one of the girlfriends, a Canadian, gets wind of these crimes, she tries to break-up her relationship with the 'boys' and run away. The gang leader, fearful of her ratting them out to the cops, doesn't hesitate to shoot her. However, she survives the shooting and is taken to the hospital where the police guard her in the hope of interrogating her. Legenza, upon finding out that she's not dead, decides to go to the hospital to finish her off. But the hospital is closely guarded by Sgt. Truscott's men and a shoot-out with Legenza ensues, followed by a car chase through the city streets and ending at the rail yard.
IMDB:tt0042250