Once a Thief
“Portrait...of a heel!!!”
1950•1h 28m•5.3•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
W. Lee Wilder
Writer
Richard S. Conway
Languages
English
Studio
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Cast
Cesar Romero
Mitch Moore
June Havoc
Margie Foster
Marie McDonald
Flo
Lon Chaney Jr.
Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Iris Adrian
Pearl
Jack Daley
Eddie
Marta Mitrovich
Nickie
Ann Tyrrell
Dr. Borden
Michael Mark
Milton
Kathleen Freeman
Phoebe
Dana Broccoli
Jane (as Dana Wilson)
Bill Baldwin
Bondsman
Frances Blumfeld
Lt. Francis Blumfield (as Lt. Frances Blumfeld)
Gwendolyn Dusuau
Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau (as Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau)
Production
Company
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Producer
W. Lee Wilder
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