Larceny (1948)
THEY MADE THEIR OWN RULES... and played for keeps!
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.
- Date of release
- 1948-09-03
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- George Sherman
Casting
- 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
- Walter Greaza — Mr. Owens
- Patricia Alphin — Waitress
- Harry Antrim — Mr. McNulty
Interesting facts
Larceny is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman starring John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, and Shelley Winters.
Production
This was the first movie appearance of character actor Paul Brinegar, as a mechanic near the end of the film.
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