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Man in the Vault is a american film of genre Drama directed by Andrew V. McLaglen released in USA on 12 december 1956 with William Campbell
Man in the Vault (1956)
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Add to a movie listMan in the Vault is a 1956 film noir about a locksmith, played by William Campbell, who is forced to help gangsters commit a robbery. The screenplay by Burt Kennedy was based on the novel The Lock and the Key by Frank Gruber. The film was the directorial debut of Andrew V. McLaglen.
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The criminal Willis Trent wants to rob the safety deposit box of a crooked Los Angeles businessman, Paul De Camp. He has lawyer Earl Farraday smooth-talk the guy's girlfriend, the two-timing Flo Randall, into revealing the bank box's number.Actors
William Campbell
(Tommy Dancer)
Anita Ekberg
(Flo Randall)
Karen Sharpe
(Betty Turner)
Berry Kroeger
(Willis Trent)
Paul Fix
(Herbie)
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