Larceny

Larceny

Larceny

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Larceny

"THEY MADE THEIR OWN RULES... and played for keeps!"

1948

1h 29m

5.9(17 votes)

Drama

Crime

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.

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Universal International Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

John Payne

John Payne

Rick Mason

Joan Caulfield

Joan Caulfield

Deborah Owens Clark

Dan Duryea

Dan Duryea

Silky Randall

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Tory

Dorothy Hart

Dorothy Hart

Madeline

Richard Rober

Richard Rober

Max

Dan O'Herlihy

Dan O'Herlihy

Duke

Nicholas Joy

Nicholas Joy

Walter Vanderline

Percy Helton

Percy Helton

Charlie Jordan

Walter Greaza

Walter Greaza

Mr. Owens

Creative team

Directed by: George Sherman
Written by: Herbert H. Margolis
Lou Morheim
Produced by: Leonard Goldstein

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