
Plunder Road(1957)
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.


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Phil, a part-time truck driver and singer who wears his pants far too high, meets a feisty platinum blonde who challenges him to a drag race through Griffith Park. When he is caught and loses his license, he meets up with the sketchy Frank Wooster who offers him a job singing in his new nightclub. When Phil discovers that his new job also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
Dick Contino
Philip "Daddy-O" Sandifer

Bruno VeSota
Sidney Chillas

Sandra Giles
Jana Ryan
Gloria Victor
Marica Hayes
Sonia Torgeson
Peg Lawrence

Robert Banas
Leonard "Sonny" DeMarco

Hank Mann
Barney Waters
Ron McNeil
Duke Manion
Tipp McClure
Bruce Green
Kelly Gordon
Ken
Daddy-O is a crime, music, drama film released in 1958. Directed by Lou Place, it stars Dick Contino, Bruno VeSota, Sandra Giles. Phil, a part-time truck driver and singer who wears his pants far too high, meets a feisty platinum blonde who challenges him to a drag race through Griffith Park. When he is caught and loses his license, he meets up with the sketchy Frank Wooster who offers him a job singing in his new nightclub. When Phil discovers that his new job also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
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