Once a Thief

Once a Thief

88 mins | Drama, Crime | July 7, 1950

A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Her troubles start again, however, when she falls madly in love, blind to the fact that her boyfriend is a four-flushing, small-time con man.

Once a Thief

88 mins | Drama, Crime | July 7, 1950

Once a Thief
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Her troubles start again, however, when she falls madly in love, blind to the fact that her boyfriend is a four-flushing, small-time con man.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers W. Lee Wilder Productions
Original title Once a Thief
Directors W. Lee Wilder
Writers Richard S. Conway, Max Kolpé, Hans Wilhelm

Cast

Cesar Romero

as Mitch Moore

June Havoc

as Margie Foster

Lon Chaney Jr.

as Gus (as Lon Chaney)

Iris Adrian

as Pearl

Jack Daley

as Eddie

Marta Mitrovich

as Nickie

Ann Tyrrell

as Dr. Borden

Michael Mark

as Milton

Kathleen Freeman

as Phoebe

Dana Broccoli

as Jane (as Dana Wilson)

Bill Baldwin

as Bondsman

Frances Blumfeld

as Lt. Francis Blumfield (as Lt. Frances Blumfeld)

Gwendolyn Dusuau

as Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau (as Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau)