Armored Car

The climax is white-knuckle suspense, especially since Mathews uses a morally questionable tactic to try to free the hostage. Also, there's a good set-up with the robbers' expert planning that goes into hijacking the armored car. But a problem remains after the hijacking. Their problem is that an armed guard is secured in the back of armored car. Sure, robbers can hijack the car, but how will they get the guard with the money out of the back. That's where the suspense comes in. And shouldn't forget the Patrol who's soon on their trail. On the whole the half-hour's adequately acted though the neighbor, Crider, is a little much. Then too, I wish Crawford would occasionally pause before machine-gunning his orders. That way we could figure he thinks before he speaks. Anyway, catch Ruta Lee as the wife, a familiar pretty face from that era. On the whole, the episode's unusual for its daring and suspenseful climax.