The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

(1959)

89 minutes

Action / Crime Drama

Directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix

Cast:

Steve McQueen as George Fowler
Crahan Denton as John Egan, the boss
David Clarke as Gino, Ann's brother
James Dukas as Willie, the driver
Mollie McCarthy as George's ex-girlfriend
Martha Gable as Eddie's wife
Larry Gerst as Eddie 

George Fowler is drawn into a gang planning to rob a bank in St. Louis that they expect will have a $100,000 on hand on an upcoming Friday. George is drawn into the plan as the gang's driver by Gino, an old girlfriend's older brother. As the gang goes about its planning, George and Gino have to find a way to live for the next two weeks and they turn to Gino's sister, Ann, for help. George is hoping to go back to college and the money he would make would go a long way to helping him do that. Not trusting George to keep his nerve, the gang's leader John Egan moves him to the inside, but the robbery doesn't go off as planned.