Plot Summary for
High Sierra (1941) More at IMDbPro »

Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle is broken out of prison by an old associate who wants him to help with an upcoming robbery. When the robbery goes wrong and a man is shot and killed Earle is forced to go on the run, and with the police and an angry press hot on his tail he eventually takes refuge among the peaks of the Sierra Nevadas, where a tense siege ensues. But will the Police make him regret the attachments he formed with two women during the brief planning of the robbery. Written by Mark Thompson {mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk}

Soon after getting a pardon, notorious bank robber Roy Earle hooks up with two men, Red and Babe, to rob a hotel. He also finds that they've picked up a woman along the way, Marie, a former dance hall girl. Along the way, he also becomes friendly with a poor family who have traveled to California with their granddaughter, Velma, in whom he takes more than a passing interest. While Marie falls in love Roy, he's fallen for Velma but no one will find happiness. When the robbery goes wrong, Roy and Marie find themselves on the run. Roy is eventually forced to flee into the Sierra Mountains where he readies himself for one last shoot out with the police. Written by garykmcd

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