Once a Sinner

Jul 1, 1950

1h 18m

★ 6.6

Overview

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

John Argyle Productions

Butcher's Film Service

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Cast

Irene James (as Patricia Kirkwood)

Pat Kirkwood

John Ross

Jack Watling

Vera Lamb

Joy Shelton

Jimmy Smart

Sydney Tafler

Mrs. James

Thora Hird

Lewis Canfield

Humphrey Lestocq

Mr. Ross

Gordon McLeod

Mrs. Ross

Edith Sharpe

Bill James

Harry Fowler

Ticker James

Danny Green

Inspector Rance

Stuart Lindsell

Lil

Olive Sloane

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.

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