Larceny

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Larceny (1948)

NR 09/03/1948 (US) Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance 1h 29m

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THEY MADE THEIR OWN RULES... and played for keeps!

Overview

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.

George Sherman

Director
Lois Eby

Novel
John Fleming

Novel
William Bowers

Screenplay
Herbert H. Margolis

Screenplay
Lou Morheim

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Top Billed Cast

John Payne

Rick Mason
Joan Caulfield

Deborah Owens Clark
Dan Duryea

Silky Randall
Shelley Winters

Tory
Dorothy Hart

Madeline
Richard Rober

Max
Dan O'Herlihy

Duke
Nicholas Joy

Walter Vanderline
Percy Helton

Charlie Jordan
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A review by CinemaSerf

70%

Written by CinemaSerf on July 9, 2022

Poor old war widow "Deb" (Joan Caulfield) is hoodwinked into donating her savings to build a memorial to her late husband by the sharp "Rick" (John Payne). It turns out that there is no such edifice, but "Rick" isn't able to be quite as cold and calculating as usual. He starts to fall for this dignified and respectable woman. That's a risky scenario, for his boss "Silky" (Dan Duryea) just wants the cash, and that's that. It doesn't help either that his bosses gal "Tory" (Shelley Winters) is pretty flaky, also quite keen on "Rick" and is quite shrewd at manipulation, too! Payne was never exactly... read the rest.

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