The Rebel Set

The Rebel Set
Original theatrical poster
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Produced by Phil G. Giriodi (associate producer)
J. William Hayes (executive producer)
Kenneth Kessler (supervising producer)
Earle Lyon (producer)
Written by Bernard Girard (writer)
Louis Vittes (writer)
Starring See below
Music by Paul Dunlap
Cinematography Karl Struss
Edited by William Austin
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date
 1959
Running time
 72 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Rebel Set is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Gene Fowler Jr. It was later featured and riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in Season 4.

Plot summary

Mr. Tucker (Platt), proprietor of a Los Angeles coffee house, hires three down-on-their-luck patrons: out-of-work actor John Mapes (Palmer); struggling writer Ray Miller (Lupton); and George Leland (Sullivan), the wayward son of movie star Rita Leland, to participate in an armored car robbery to take place during a four-hour stopover in Chicago during the trio's train trip from Los Angeles to New York. Mapes' worried wife Jeanne joins him on the train, concerned about his not having had a job in more than a year.

Tucker and his henchman Sidney (Glass) fly ahead to set up the robbery, which goes off without a hitch. However, once back on the train, Leland's greed gets the better of him. Tucker double crosses the trio, eliminating Leland and Miller, leaving Mapes as the only one left to stop Tucker from getting away with murder, along with the entire haul. Jean manages to keep police from shooting her husband as he foils the scheme. Movie star Rita is surrounded by reporters as she waits for son George to arrive on the train, unaware that he is dead.

Cast

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