6.5
“Four men and a girl!”
Shack Out on 101 (1955)
December 4, 19551h 20mEN
5.9
18 votes
Overview
A greasy spoon diner provides a base for a spy smuggling nuclear secrets.
Director
Edward DeinWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Allied Artists Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
9.0Slob's got an eight cylinder body and a 2 cylinder mind. Shack Out on 101 is directed by Edward Dein and Dein co-writes the screenplay with Mildred Dein. It stars Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin, Keenan Wynn and Whit Bissell.Music is by Paul Dunlap and cinematography by Floyd Crosby. An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of for nuclear secrets, spies, federal agents and sexual boiling points. What a wonderful hot-pot of the weird and wonderful world of the era's "red scare" momentum. Often inserted into film noir dictionaries or "commie" thriller…
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