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A gang of career criminals, modeled on the real life Tri-State Gang, are terrorizing and robbing banks and payrolls in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. George, the gang's leader, is a cold killer who does not distinguish between armed guards and any of the group's molls that cross him.
Highway 301: Directed by Andrew L. Stone. With William P. Lane Jr., John S. Battle, W. Kerr Scott, Steve Cochran. Led by a psychopathic killer, a vicious gang of armed robbers terrorizes Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina, robbing banks and payrolls and murdering anyone who might identify them.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Andrew L. Stone
- 1950-12-01
It's based on the real-life crime spree of the Tri-State Gang operating in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina in the 1930's, the title referring to the highway connecting them all, but oddly it isn't mentioned throughout the story.
Andrew L. Stone’s Highway 301 tells the true(ish) story of the “Tri-State Gang” through a semi-documentary lens; in fact, the film opens with brief statements from not one, but three state governors whose citizens were impacted by the violence (about the film, one states, “I congratulate Warner Brothers for producing it”).
A network of armed robbers successfully gets away with several million dollars before the law can stop them. Director Andrew L. Stone Producer Bryan Foy Screenwriter Andrew L. Stone Production Co ...
- Crime, Drama
Story is based on a real gang of robbers known as The Tri-State Gang, who terrorised and thieved in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Plot chronicles their activities and the pursuit of them by the authorities.
The film's title, Highway 301 — which is never mentioned in the film — refers to a highway that connects Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, where the Tri-State Gang committed their crimes. 301 was however, the real-life gang's favoured escape route.
