Fans of those old time Warner Brothers gangster films will no doubt recognize the plot of Larceny, Inc in this Big Valley story. That was the one where Edward G. Robinson bought a luggage store because it was next to a bank. He planned to tunnel into the bank and rob it with his two confederates. But Anthony Quinn chisels in on the deal and Robinson in the end becomes a good citizen.
That was played for laughs, but this one is quite serious where a new dry goods store is opened by Warren Stevens and Jeanne Cooper. Cooper never knew about her husband's murky past, but this was all a planned heist of a gold shipment arriving at a specific time at the express office next door.
Complications ensue when Linda Evans is caught in the store while Malachi Throne and a gang are doing their tunneling thing and is taken hostage.
Cooper's the star here as she learns that the man she married is definitely not what he seems to be. Stevens has to make some choices here as well as to whether he really wants an outlaw life.
If you've seen Larceny, Inc. you know how this one goes.
That was played for laughs, but this one is quite serious where a new dry goods store is opened by Warren Stevens and Jeanne Cooper. Cooper never knew about her husband's murky past, but this was all a planned heist of a gold shipment arriving at a specific time at the express office next door.
Complications ensue when Linda Evans is caught in the store while Malachi Throne and a gang are doing their tunneling thing and is taken hostage.
Cooper's the star here as she learns that the man she married is definitely not what he seems to be. Stevens has to make some choices here as well as to whether he really wants an outlaw life.
If you've seen Larceny, Inc. you know how this one goes.