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Larceny
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Larceny

Sep 3, 1948
1h 29m
★ 5.9

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.

Genres

Drama
Crime

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Larceny Trailers

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Cast

John Payne

Rick Mason

John Payne

Joan Caulfield

Deborah Owens Clark

Joan Caulfield

Dan Duryea

Silky Randall

Dan Duryea

Shelley Winters

Tory

Shelley Winters

Dorothy Hart

Madeline

Dorothy Hart

Richard Rober

Max

Richard Rober

Dan O'Herlihy

Duke

Dan O'Herlihy

Nicholas Joy

Walter Vanderline

Nicholas Joy

Percy Helton

Charlie Jordan

Percy Helton

Walter Greaza

Mr. Owens

Walter Greaza

No Image

Waitress

Patricia Alphin

Harry Antrim

Mr. McNulty

Harry Antrim

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