Man in the Vault
- IMDb link: 0049476
- IMDb rating: 6 (495 votes)
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
- Cast: William Campbell, Anita Ekberg, Berry Kroeger, Karen Sharpe and others
- Release date: 12 Dec 1956
- Release year: 1956
- Runtime: 73 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: locksmith, safe deposit, bowling, murder, kidnapping, based on novel
Plot:
The mobster Willis Trent is informed by one of his gangsters that the locksmith Tommy Dancer is efficient and fast in his work. Willis befriends Tommy in a bowling alley and invites him to open a trunk at his home. Tommy accepts the job and is then also invited to Willis' party, where he meets the wealthy Betty Turner. Later Tommy and Betty go back to his place and Betty forgets her fur stole when she goes home. The next morning, Tommy returns the fur to Betty and they go on another date that night. Willis offers five thousand dollars to Tommy to make the keys of the safe deposit box no. 315 in the Hollywood Bank that belongs to the rival criminal and head of gambling Paul De Camp and has two hundred thousand dollars of illegal money. Tommy turns down the offer, but Willis threatens to harm Betty's face to achieve his goal.