Movies and TvShows featuring "payroll" theme.
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television.
When a ruthless gang threatens a peaceful railroad camp, a sharpshooter, an undercover accountant, and an orphan boy must band together to save the day.
In the year 1865, a Civil War veteran is tasked with escorting a payroll wagon through the dangerous Nevada territory. Along the way, he must protect a woman and her child from Native American attacks and confront his own personal demons.
Black Souls follows the story of a Calabrian family deeply connected to the mafia. When a new generation begins to question their involvement, a violent conflict emerges between brothers and against an oppressive criminal world. The movie explores themes of family relationships, drug smuggling, revenge, and the struggle to escape the mafia's grip.
Tough Guys is a comedy crime movie released in 1986. It follows two ex-cons who plan to rob a bank as their last job, facing various obstacles along the way.
In Scarecrows (1988), a group of criminals, after committing a heist, hide stolen money in a farmhouse. However, they soon become targets of a supernatural killer scarecrow that possesses them one by one, leading to a bloody killing spree.
Gene Autry is back in the saddle again as an undercover detective in this action-packed Western complete with a showdown. Gene poses as a jailbird to wangle the truth from a boy (Dick Jones) suspected of stealing an Army payroll. When the youngster escapes from lockup and rejoins his family's medicine show, intrigue is in the wind as Gene tries to solve the mystery of the missing money and to save the lad from a vicious mob. Pat Buttram co-stars.
A gangster rises to power in the criminal underworld but his jealousy and paranoia lead to his downfall.
In 'The Lonedale Operator,' a courageous telegraph operator finds herself caught in the middle of a train robbery. With her quick thinking and resourcefulness, she must find a way to outsmart the robbers and save the day.
In the year 1864, a group of ex-convicts, led by a sheriff and a native American chief, plan to find buried loot in a deserted town. They face challenges including an outlaw attack, a native American chief, and the search for hidden money. Will they succeed in their quest?
Just after the Civil War a Texan and his men are fighting a ruthless Commissioner and his excessive taxes. After a Lieutenant is falsely accused of a pay wagon massacre by the Commissioner's men, he deserts the Army and tries to clear himself. At first he belives the Texan was behind the massacre but then learns it was the Commissioner and joins the Texan in his fight.
When Bruce reluctantly follows his pal Oswald to the horse races and gets a taste of success, he quickly gets bitten by the gambling bug. But later that night at a poker game with some shady characters, he gets more than he bargains for when Oswald loses a hefty bet he can't cover. With Oswald's family held hostage, Bruce is forced to pay the remainder of his debt by robbing the payroll office in a Reno casino but not before he spirals into degeneracy and loses big himself during the job. When complications arise during the heist and Bruce must take hostages of his own, his desperation worsens as he takes a final stand against the mob to get Oswald's family back.
An outlaw masquerades as a blind man's son in order to trick him into a cache of Gold. After a while he grows attached to the family and all goes well until the outlaws gang comes through town...
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
When a bumbling police force in a small village gets tangled in an adventure involving poaching, politics, and a radio broadcast, hilarity ensues. The officers must navigate through a series of comedic mishaps while trying to maintain law and order.
A banker troubled by both business and personal problems is transferred to a small town. There he meets and seduces an older woman. Together, they decide to pull off a payroll holdup together.
In 19th-century Yorkshire, England, Sharpe returns home to seek revenge in a labor dispute with his half-brother over the mill payroll. Along the way, he confronts the challenges of the industrial revolution and his own past as a British soldier.
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railraod to town.