Larceny

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

Sep 3 1948 Approved 1h 29m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.

Written by

Herb Margolis, Lou Morheim, William Bowers

Directed by

George Sherman

Cast

John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,031
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA