Meanwhile his sleazy partner is suspicious that he is having an affair with his girlfriend (Shelley Winters). Butler When Dan Duryea describes her as a "live wire that you can't take your hands off of," he couldn't be closer to the truth.Beyond that, this is a definite must-see for any folks interested in all things that are good.You already know a con man movie with Dan Duryea is gonna slap like a jilted stepmother—this one's got plenty of plot hijinks and snappy dialogue (choice line: "If she's your sister then I'm a boa constrictor in high heels"), and a killer femme fatale (literally). Bartender
Honestly, that's where this one starts to fall apart: who in their right mind would choose Caulfield's one-way ticket to Dullsville over Duryea's sass and Winters' brass? Walter Vanderline Horace However, the film is stolen by Winters as the two-timing moll who gets all the film's snappy lines.A swindling gangster tries to con a war widow out of her savings - till love rears its head. A sap, that's who, which is definitely in Payne's somewhat limited wheelhouse. Waitress ;) It entails a group of thieves, led by a guy called Silky (Dan Duryea), who plan to rob war widow Deborah (Joan Caulfield). Check out Shelly Winters and slime-ball Dan Duryea.Trim little noir with good performances.
In true noir fashion it all ends up in murder.
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He finagles a war widow (Joan Caulfied) into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial.
Larceny, Inc. is an American film. He has to lie and say her husband was his best pal in the service.Meanwhile, Silky's girlfriend Tory (Winters) seems anxious to be with Payne and gets in the way at every turn.
Waitress Bald-Headed Waiter They use the suave Rick (John Payne) to accomplish this, as he passes himself off as her husband's war buddy. John Payne is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. ;) It entails a group of thieves, led by a guy called Silky (Dan Duryea), who plan to rob war widow Deborah (Joan Caulfield).
It's elevated beyond pure pulp in the handling of postwar guilt within a crime narrative, similar to Nasty little crime drama that remains very close to the trap its characters set for themselves as much as their marks.That's a fitting line delivered by one of the scammers in this film about...well, larceny, I suppose. However, the film is stolen by Winters as the two-timing moll who gets all the film's snappy lines.A fairly standard grift-noir elevated by sharp writing and some dedicated performances. Y.A.A. Silky isn't happy about this, which could be dangerous.That's a fitting line delivered by one of the scammers in this film about...well, larceny, I suppose. Perelman Christopher Nolan avec