Violent Saturday

1955 90 min ★ 6.7 Drama, Crime

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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Cast

Victor Mature

Shelley Martin

Richard Egan

Boyd Fairchild

Stephen McNally

Harper (bank robber)

Virginia Leith

Linda Sherman

Tommy Noonan

Harry Reeves, Bank Manager

Lee Marvin

Dill, Bank Robber

Margaret Hayes

Mrs. Emily Fairchild

J. Carrol Naish

Chapman, Bank Robber

Sylvia Sidney

Elsie Braden

Ernest Borgnine

Stadt, Amish Farmer

Details

Director

Richard Fleischer

Screenplay

Sydney Boehm

Tagline

"The day all Hell broke loose !"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

J

John Chard

May 4, 2014

★ 7.5/10

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. ...

C

CinemaSerf

November 12, 2023

★ 7/10

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 activiti...