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Violent Saturday

Name: Violent Saturday
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1955-04-01
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.738

★ 6,7 /10 (82 Votes)

1955 EN 90 min

Overview

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.

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Release date

01/04/1955

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Popularity

2.8

The day all Hell broke loose !

Genres

Drama Crime

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

90 min

Victor Mature

Shelley Martin

Richard Egan

Boyd Fairchild

Stephen McNally

Harper

Virginia Leith

Linda Sherman

Tommy Noonan

Harry Reeves, Bank Manager

Lee Marvin

Dill

Margaret Hayes

Mrs. Emily Fairchild

J. Carrol Naish

Chapman, Bank Robber

Sylvia Sidney

Elsie Braden

Ernest Borgnine

Stadt, Amish Farmer

Dorothy Patrick

Helen Martin

Billy Chapin

Steve Martin

Brad Dexter

Gil Clayton

Robert Adler

Stan (uncredited)

John Alderson

Amish Farmer on Train (uncredited)

Virginia Carroll

Carol, Martin's Secretary (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Bart, Policeman (uncredited)

Kevin Corcoran

David Stadt (uncredited)

Noreen Corcoran

Anna Stadt (uncredited)

Ralph Dumke

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Donald Gamble

Bobby Martin (uncredited)

Richard Garrick

Mr. Braden (uncredited)

Raymond Greenleaf

Mr. Fairchild (uncredited)

Robert Ivers

Caddy, at Country Club (uncredited)

Helen Mayon

Mrs. Pilka (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Slick (uncredited)

Ann Morrison

Mrs. Martha Stadt (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Roy, Bartender (uncredited)

Dorothy Phillips

Bank Customer (uncredited)

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Florence Ravenel

Miss Shirley, Bank Employee (uncredited)

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Harry Seymour

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Fred Shellac

Signalman at Fairchild Mine (uncredited)

Esther Somers

Amish Woman on Train (uncredited)

Jeri Weil

Amish Child on Train (uncredited)

Mack Williams

Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

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Ellen Bowers

Bank Teller (uncredited)

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Frank Green

Bank Customer (uncredited)

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Perk Lazelle

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Richey Murray

Georgie (uncredited)

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Joyce Newhard

Dorothy, Librarian (uncredited)

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Sammy Ogg

Boy Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Charles Perry

Bank Customer (uncredited)

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Pat Weil

Amish Child on Train (uncredited)

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Patsy Weil

Amish Child on Train (uncredited)

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Sally Yarnell

Waitress (uncredited)

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The Brandenville Broth. Violent Saturday is directed by Richard Fleischer and adapted to screenplay by Sydney Boehm from the novel of the same name written by William L. Heath. It stars Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, J. Carrol Naish, Tommy Noonan, Ernest Borgnine, Virginia Leith and Sylvia Sidney. Music is by Hugo Friedhoffer and cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Stand Pat and Resist Evil. A simmering powder keg of criminality told in beautiful De Luxe and CinemaScope, Violent Saturday is one of the definitions of a slow burn movie that pays off with e…

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This isn't really a film about an heist, it's more a rather effective observation on small town American life. "Harper" (Stephen McNally) arrives in town with his two partners - the rather nasty "Dill" (Lee Marvin) and "Chapman" (J. Carrol Naish) and starts casing the bank. Their attentions go largely un-noticed by the bank manager "Harry" (Tommy Noonan) who has some interesting nocturnal activities, nor by the successful but frequently drunk "Boyd" (Richard Egan) who is trying to rekindle his marriage with "Mary" (Margaret Hayes) whilst interfering nurse "Elsie" (Sylvia Sidney) spots an oppor…

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