Larceny
THEY MADE THEIR OWN RULES... and played for keeps!
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9/3/1948Runtime
89 minsOverview
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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A hard-boiled noir about a con man who exploits wartime grief for profit, only to find his conscience stirred when he falls for his mark. Tension builds between his desire for redemption and the violent obligations of his underworld ties.
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