Armored Car

Armored Car

4.2IMDb Score
Released:1937-06-01
Duration:64 min
Director:Lewis R. Foster
Actors:Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero, Irving Pichel, J. Anthony Hughes
Production:Universal Pictures

Overview:

Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. When they barely avoid a robbery, they return to headquarters, where their boss John Hale introduces them to detective Tom Sheridan, who will be working with them to uncover a new gang of robbers.

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