Watch The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) Free Online

Release Date: 1959

Cast: Steve McQueen, David Clarke, Crahan Denton, James Dukas, Molly McCarthy

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Caper story, Docudrama, Film noir, Suspense

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (a.k.a. The St. Louis Bank Robbery) is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis. The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the men and woman from the St. Louis Police Department, as well as local residents and bank employees, play the same parts they did in the actual robbery attempt. The film is now in public domain. George Fowler (Steve McQueen) shows himself... MORE

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (a.k.a. The St. Louis Bank Robbery) is a 1959 heist film shot in black and white. The noir film stars Steve McQueen as a college dropout hired to be the getaway driver in a bank robbery. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis. The film was shot on location in St. Louis and some of the men and woman from the St. Louis Police Department, as well as local residents and bank employees, play the same parts they did in the actual robbery attempt. The film is now in public domain. George Fowler (Steve McQueen) shows himself as an ex-football hero. He finds himself slowly drawn into the gangster world. With the gang in need of just $50 more, George asks his ex girl, Ann, for that amount in a check, supposedly for her brother Gino. The plan starts to unravel when she sees Gino coming out of a restaurant across the street from the bank. When questioned about it George later reveals he's involved with robbing the bank. She writes 'Warning The bank will be Robbed!' with lipstick on the window, the bank taking it as a joke. As the day of the heist grows nearer the tension within the gang heightens with no one trusting LESS