MAN IN THE VAULT
DIRECTED BY ANDEW MACLAGLEN
PRODUCED BY ROBERT E. MORRISON/JOHN WAYNE
BATJAC PRODUCTIONS/ RKO RADIO PICTURES
Information from IMDb
Plot Summary
There's $200,000 in a Los Angeles safety-deposit box that mobster Willis Trent would like to have, so he gets two-timing, double-dealing Flo Randall to get the box number for him. He offers locksmith Tommy Dancer $5,000 to make the key but Tommy refuses. Trent threatens to harm Tommy's girl friend, Betty Turner, and Tommy gives in and goes to the bank. In a few nerve-racking minutes, Tommy makes the key and pockets the $200,000 for himself. Trent sends word that he has kidnapped Betty and the ransom is $200,000.
Written by Les Adams
Full Cast
William Campbell ... Tommy Dancer
Karen Sharpe ... Betty Turner
Anita Ekberg ... Flo Randall
Berry Kroeger ... Willis Trent (as Berry Kroger)
Paul Fix ... Herbie
James Seay ... Paul De Camp
Mike Mazurki ... Louie
Robert Keys ... Earl Farraday
Nancy Duke ... Trent's Girl Friend
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez ... Pedro (as Gonzales Gonzales)
Vivianne Lloyd ... Singer
Fred Aldrich ... Bank Guard (uncredited)
David Leonard ... Mr. Grover - the Locksmith (uncredited)
John Mitchum ... Andy (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Burt Kennedy (screenplay)
Frank Gruber (novel "The Lock and the Key")
Original Music
Henry Vars
Cinematography
William H. Clothier
Second Unit Director/ Assistant Director
Emmett Morrison .... assistant director
Trivia
There really was a Grover's Lock and Key on Santa Monica Blvd in Hollywood. Apparently, it was easier to use the existing storefront than create a phony one for the movie.
This was one of the low budget non-John Wayne movies made by Wayne's company, Batjac Productions.
At the end of his first scene with Tommy, Pedro mentions he will appear on the TV show "You Bet Your Life". Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, who plays Pedro, actually appeared as a contestant on "You Bet Your Life" in 1953. This appearance led directly to his acting career as it caught the attention of John Wayne and his production company Batjac which signed him to a contract and also produced this movie.
Goofs
When Tommy comes out of the bank the second time and gets in his car, the sound of the engine starting and the transmission being shifted occur even though he has visibly not performed those actions yet.
From one angle, a dead man in a car has his head tilted to his right. In another angle, the head is clearly tilted to the left.
When Trent and Louie enter Tommy's apartment to offer him the deal, there is a newspaper under the stole that Betty left the night before. After they leave and Tommy retrieves the stole, the newspaper has mysteriously vanished.
Crew or equipment visible
At about 68 minutes, when Pedro opens a glass door to leave the bowling alley, the cameraman and a director are clearly reflected in the glass door.
Veteran heavy Berry Kroeger had his name misspelled in the main credits as "Berry Kroger."
Filming Location
West Hollywood, California, USA