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Larceny

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

5.9(17)19481h 29m2

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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Released
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English
  • con man
  • film noir

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR3 Sept 1948

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Larceny was released on 3 September 1948.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2022

    7/10

    Poor old war widow "Deb" (Joan Caulfield) is hoodwinked into donating her savings to build a memorial to her late husband by the sharp "Rick" (John Payne). It turns out that there is no such edifice, but "Rick" isn't able to be quite as cold and calculating as usual. He starts to fall for this dignified and respectable woman. That's a risky scenario, for his boss "Silky" (Dan Duryea) just wants the cash, and that's t…

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