The Man Is Armed

The Man Is Armed

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Franklin Adreon
Produced by Edward J. White
Written by Robert C. Dennis
Richard H. Landau
Story by Don Martin
Starring Dane Clark
William Talman
May Wynn
Robert Horton
Music by R. Dale Butts
Cinematography Bud Thackery
Edited by Tony Martinelli
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release dates
  • October 19, 1956 (1956-10-19) (United States)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Man Is Armed is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Franklin Adreon starring Dane Clark, William Talman, May Wynn and Robert Horton.[1]

Plot

Framed by another man, truck driver Johnny Morrison serves a year in prison. After his release, Johnny confronts the man, Mitch Mitchell, who plunges off a roof to his death.

Johnny then learns that his former employer, Hackett, was the one who set him up as a fall guy. Hackett claims it was a test of loyalty, and since Johnny passed, he now stands to earn $100,000 for helping Hackett pull off the robbery of an armored transport company.

Johnny's old girlfriend, Carol Wayne, still has feelings for him, even though she has been seeing Mike Benning, a young doctor. While the death of Mitchell is investigated by police Lt. Coster as a homicide, Johnny and three other thugs pull off the heist.

Unable to get the loot to Hackett due to roadblocks, Johnny hides out. Hackett, believing he has been double-crossed, shoots Johnny and buries the money on his family farm, but the police catch up to him. A wounded Johnny knocks out Mike and abducts Carol, but collapses and dies after a few steps. Mike leads Carol away as the cops arrive.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Man Is Armed at the American Film Institute Catalog


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