Plunder Road (1957) review

A team of bandits (Gene Raymond, Wayne Morris, Stafford Repp, Elisha Cook Jr. and Steven Ritch, who penned the script) rob a train containing approximately ten million in gold from the U.S. Mint, load the loot into three separate vehicles and then take off for Los Angeles - two of them are busted on the way, but the one remaining truck successfully arrives at a foundry where they melt their supply down and turn it into shiny (but malleable) car parts, with the help of accomplice Fran (Jeanne Cooper).  For a B-movie (that dispenses with the need for act one), the opening heist is slickly directed (there's a downpour and the men have concerned looks on their faces), but their "plan" isn't that well thought out (shouldn't they have swapped out their modes of transportation again considering every radio broadcast announces where they are?) and the manner in which they get apprehended makes the authorities appear far more diligent and efficient than they most likely are.  Hey, I just wanted to see them make it to San Pedro ... but crime isn't supposed to pay, etc.