Originally released in 1961 as a crime drama. Fred (Tayback) narrates the film in flashback detailing a suburban bank robbery that goes awry. In his simple plan he hires a hard-up hood Johnny Cabot (Cash) to take the wife of the bank's vice president hostage. Cabot will hold her until he gets a call alerting him that Fred has been successful in getting ransom money. Cabot waits and watches the Wilson house as the husband (Woods) leaves for the bank and their young son (Howard) heads off to school. Posing as a door-to-door guitar instructor he forces his way into... the house and takes Nancy Wilson (Forrester) hostage. At the bank Fred talks his way into Ken Wilson's office and presents his personal check for $70 000 intending that Wilson will withdraw the funds to cover the check as a ransom for his wife. He has Wilson call home to prove that Nancy is being held by the unstable Cabot and gives Wilson 5 minutes to make his decision. If Fred fails to call the house back Cabot is to kill Nancy. [show more]
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Crime thriller starring Johnny Cash. The film is narrated in flashback by would-be bank robber Fred Dorella (Vic Tayback). Fred's simple plan is to extort money from bank manager Ken Wilson (Donald Woods) by hiring a hard-up hood, Johnny Cabot (Cash) to hold Wilson's wife hostage and threaten her with execution. But what Fred hasn't counted on is that the Wilson home is far from a happy one, and that Wilson had made plans to leave his wife and run away with a co-worker that very evening. Cabot has given Wilson five minutes to choose whether his wife will live or die...
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