Here’s to money! ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950) While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis (William Talman) shoots policeman Lt. Phillips (James Flavin) before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne (Adele Jergens), then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn’t know is that Phillips’ partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell (Charles McGraw), is wise to the crimin

One powerful fact about Richard Fleischer’s Armored Car Robbery (1950) is that it directly challenged the restrictive Hays Code by depicting the meticulous planning and execution of a heist in explicit detail—right down to the timing of engines, roadblocks, and character interactions. Despite the Code’s prohibition against showing “methods of crime” in a way that could inspire imitation, the film balances on that edge: it doesn’t glorify the criminals (they’re swiftly captured or killed), but it