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Larceny(1948)
Status: Released
Date: 1948-09-03
59%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Larceny
Top 10 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
Walter Greaza
Mr. Owens
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