Roadblock is the story of PI Charles McGraw who's a clever but honest detective
on retainer for an insurance company. Circumstances on a return flight to his
home base in Los Angeles throw him together with Joan Dixon who makes no
mistake about the fact she's high maintenance.
What to do to win her was throw in with well known but untouchable crook Lowell Gilmore to do a heist on a mail train carrying lots of untracealbe currency. No fence means they take it all.
Of course as things happen stuff goes wrong and McGraw in the end becomes a hunted man. Situation similar to the Humphrey Bogart faced in High Sierra with the law closing in.
McGraw is fine in a role perfectly suited to him. Dixon's somewhat abrupt change of character is the main problem I have with Roadblock. It makes no sense at all.
Still some nice action shots and that final chase in the dry Los Angeles River bed is one of the best of its kind on film. Gives Bullitt a run for its money.
What to do to win her was throw in with well known but untouchable crook Lowell Gilmore to do a heist on a mail train carrying lots of untracealbe currency. No fence means they take it all.
Of course as things happen stuff goes wrong and McGraw in the end becomes a hunted man. Situation similar to the Humphrey Bogart faced in High Sierra with the law closing in.
McGraw is fine in a role perfectly suited to him. Dixon's somewhat abrupt change of character is the main problem I have with Roadblock. It makes no sense at all.
Still some nice action shots and that final chase in the dry Los Angeles River bed is one of the best of its kind on film. Gives Bullitt a run for its money.