Friday, December 5, 2014

Highway 301 (1950)


Warner Bros.
Directed by Andrew Stone
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

A gang of bank robbers ends up with worthless money after robbing an armored car. Afterwards, they hole up in a city apartment. When the girlfriend of one of them starts talking a little too much, they murder her in cold blood. The new wife of another gang member gets scared, but her husband won't let them touch her, until he is killed in a shootout with the cops. She manages to escape in the film's best sequence, but ends up in the hospital. The cops are waiting when they show up to finish her off. There is an introductory sequence featuring the real governors of states where these events happened. Documentary style doesn't really pay off, however, the whole thing feels staged and lifeless.

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