The Big Steal (1949)
Mitchum is HOT! - HOT...off location in the heart of Mexico...HOT...after a girl with a million-dollar figure!...HOT...at the nation's boxoffices...HOT...in his newest picture!
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
- Date of release
- 1949-07-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (108)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Don Siegel
Casting
- Robert Mitchum — Lt. Duke Halliday
- Jane Greer — Joan 'Chiquita' Graham
- William Bendix — Capt. Vincent Blake
- Patric Knowles — Jim Fiske
- Ramon Novarro — Inspector General Ortega
- Don Alvarado — Lt. Ruiz
- John Qualen — Julius Seton
- Pascual García Peña — Manuel
- Frank Hagney — Madden (uncredited)
- Arturo Soto Rangel — Pedro (uncredited)
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. — Customs Inspector (uncredited)
- Carl Sklover — Dockhand (uncredited)
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