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Bank Robber | North Carolina
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The film's title, "Highway 301" (which is never mentioned in the film) refers to a U.S. highway that connects Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, where the Tri-State Gang committed their crimes. According to TCM's Eddie Muller, the gang, led by Walter Legenza (played by Steve Cochran), embarked on their robbery and murder rampage "running roughshod through Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, though Pennsylvania is not mentioned in the movie.
The same subject was covered in The Untouchables: The Tri-State Gang (1959).
The armored car robbery described as taking place in Richmond, Virginia, was actually filmed on the ramp to the second floor parking lot in the back of Union Station in Los Angeles. The station's distinctive Southwestern-style Mission Revival architecture and incongruous palm trees in the background give away the substitution.
The picture's armored car robbery was said to take place at Union Station in Richmond, Virginia. Also known as Broad Street Station, it was in operation from 1917 to 1975.
Film debut of Robert Webber.
"Detective Sergeant Truscott: [voice over] This is Winston-Salem, North Carolina, drowsing in the mid-afternoon sun of early spring, not knowing it had been chosen as the scene for the next exploit of the arrogant mob we know as "The Tri-State Gang". These men operated openly, wearing no masks, boldly flaunting the law. To escape detection, they simply killed anyone who might possibly get in their way."
"Detective Sergeant Truscott: [voice over] Herbie Brooks - a stooge member of this mob. He liked high living and easy money. Working for the outfit was an exciting experience for him."
