Shack Out on 101 (1955)

Name: Shack Out on 101
Genre: Crime
Released: 1955-12-04
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell

Shack Out on 101 (1955), directed by Edward Dein, starring Terry Moore and Frank Lovejoy.

12/04/1955 BR Crime 1h 20m

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Four men and a girl!

Synopsis

A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.

Floyd CrosbyCinematography
Edward DeinDirector, Screenplay, Story
George WhiteEditing
Mort MillmanProducer

About the film

Shack Out on 101 is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Edward Dein and starring Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn and Lee Marvin.

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Shack Out on 101 is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by Edward Dein and starring Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn and Lee Marvin.

Plot

Slob (Marvin), the lecherous short-order cook at the seaside greasy-spoon diner of sarcastic war veteran George (Wynn), lusts after sexy waitress Kotty (Moore). Also interested in Kotty is a scientist (Lovejoy), who spends the better part of his free time at the diner's counter. He works down the highway at a top-secret military base. As it turns out, Slob is not just a short-order cook but also a spy using the diner as a home base for smuggling nuclear secrets out of the country through a connection with one of the diner's regulars.

Cast

Terry Moore as Kotty

Frank Lovejoy as Prof. Sam Bastion

Keenan Wynn as George

Lee Marvin as Slob / Mr. Gregory

Whit Bissell as Eddie

Jess Barker as Artie

Donald Murphy as Pepe

Frank DeKova as Prof. Claude Dillon

Len Lesser as Perch

Fred Gabourie as Lookout

References

External links

Shack Out on 101 at IMDb

Shack Out on 101 at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from Shack Out on 101 on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shack_Out_on_101

Trivia

It premiered on December 4, 1955, a Sunday.
It runs 1h20 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.