Black Tuesday

Black Tuesday

The most ruthless Robinson of all time!

NR 1954 · 80 min · ★ 6.1 · Crime, Thriller

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

Directed by Hugo Fregonese · Written by Sydney Boehm

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