Main Cast: Gene Raymond, Jeanne Cooper, Wayne Morris, Elisha Cook, Jr., Stafford Repp
Release Year: 1957
Country: US
Run Time: 76 minutes
Plot
Not to be confused with the film noir classic Thunder Road, Plunder Road is nonetheless a fine little thriller on its own. Gene Raymond stars as the head of a robbery gang, whose latest caper involves the heist of a gold shipment from a US Mint train. To throw the cops off the track, the gang splits up and goes off in three directions. Two of the gang's gold-laden trucks are captured by the police, but the third makes it all the way to LA. At this point, Raymond melts down the gold and disguises it as fittings for his luxury car. On the verge of getting away scot-free, Raymond is involved in a freeway accident. Cast as Gene Raymond's gun moll is soap-opera favorite Jeanne Cooper (the mother of actor Corbin Bernsen). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Steven Ritch - Frankie; Nora Hayden - Hazel; Helene Heigh - Society Woman; Paul Harber - Trooper No. 1; Don Garrett - Policeman; Michael Fox - No. 1 Smog Officer; Richard Newton - Guard No. 2; Charles Conrad - Trooper No. 2; James Canino - Tibbs; Harry Tyler - Ernie Beach; George Keymas - Officer No. 1; Stacy Graham - Narrator; Carolyn Craig
Credit
Hubert Cornfield - Director, Warren Adams - Editor, Jerry Young - Editor, Irving Gertz - Composer (Music Score), Irving Gertz - Musical Direction/Supervision, Ernest Haller - Cinematographer, Leon Chooluck - Producer, Laurence Stewart - Producer, Steven Ritch - Screenwriter, Jack Charney - Short Story Author
