Larceny (1948)
John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow (Joan Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Payne falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss (Dan Duryea), who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets. Larceny is a second-echelon "film noir" based on The Velvet Fleece, a novel by Lois Ely and John Fleming. When costar Shelley Winters (who plays Duryea's moll) was asked years later what she did in Larceny, she snapped "lousy acting." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Payne, Joan Caulfield, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Sherman
Synopsis of Larceny
John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow (Joan Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Payne falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss (Dan Duryea), who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets. Larceny is a second-echelon "film noir" based on The Velvet Fleece, a novel by Lois Ely and John Fleming. When costar Shelley Winters (who plays Duryea's moll) was asked years later what she did in Larceny, she snapped "lousy acting." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Larceny
- John Payne - Rick Mason
- Dan Duryea - Silky Randall
- Dorothy Hart - Madeline
- Dan O'Herlihy - Duke
- Percy Helton - Charlie Jordan
- Patricia Alphin - Waitress
- Russ Conway - Detective
- Don Wilson - Master of Ceremonies
- Donald Dewar - Boy
- Oliver Hartwell - Black Porter
- Jasper Weldon - Porter
- Patricia Walker - Peggy
- Jack Chefe - Bald-Headed Waiter
- Ruth Lee - Patricia Carson
- Bob Perry - Bartender
- Don Garner - College Boy
- Joan Caulfield - Deborah Owens Clark
- Shelley Winters - Tory
- Richard Rober - Max
- Nicholas Joy - Walter Vanderline
- Walter Greaza - Mr. Owens
- Harry Antrim - Mr. McNulty
- Paul Brinegar - Mechanic
- Barbara Challis - Maid
- John Carpenter - Man Bidder
- Alex Davidoff - Waiter
- Audrey Young - Waitress
- Bill Walker - Butler
- Sam Edwards - Y.A.A. President
- Grandon Rhodes - Harry Carson
- Gene Evans - Horace
- Director(s):
- George Sherman
- Writer(s):
- Herbert Margolis, William Bowers, Lou Morheim
- Producer(s):
- Aaron Rosenberg, Leonard Goldstein
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