Similarities To The Killing
The plot was arguably adapted from that of The Killing. In that film, George Peatty (Elisha Cook Jr.) is a window teller at a racetrack. He has a shrewish wife, Sherry (Marie Windsor), who is bitter that he has not delivered on the promises of wealth he made at the time of their marriage. She is also cheating on him.
A veteran criminal approaches George about being the inside man on a $2 million heist at the racetrack. Hoping to please his wife, George agrees, and he also tells her about the robbery. Sherry does not believe him at first, but, once she learns that the robbery is real, she recruits her lover, Val Cannon (Vince Edwards), to steal the money from her husband.
The robbery succeeds, but George and his accomplices are held up by Val and his. A shootout ensues in which all but George are killed. George goes home to confront his wife, and kills her before dying himself. The last man left with the loot attempts to flee by plane, but the suitcase full of money breaks open on the tarmac and the contents are scattered to the winds.
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