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Sep 26, 2021 · Once a Thief (1965) **** Latter-day film noir gem with terrific cast filmed in black-and-white and often at night that crams into a taut storyline different slants of the themes of the con-going-straight, the vendetta and the double-cross.
We soon learn that we are in San Francisco, the American city that would most prominently embrace the on-going cultural revolution. The scene quickly shifts to a couple of thugs who rob a liquor store and needlessly murder its owner, a middle-aged Chinese woman, in front of her horrified husband.
Once a Thief is a 1965 crime film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin and Jack Palance. It was written by Zekial Marko, based on his 1961 novel Scratch a Thief. The movie was known in France as Les tueurs de San Francisco.
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ONCE A THIEF (1965) By Terry on Oct 4, 2019 From Stardust and Shadows. The little things you find when you walk into a shop – like Alain Delon’s character did? in ONCE A THIEF (1965). This Ralph Nelson directed picture is a stylish thriller from the opening frame to the end titles.? ?The? opening sequence, shot? in a?
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- Ralph Nelson
- Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance
- Crime, Drama, Thriller/Suspense
Once a Thief: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance. San Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak wants to go straight, but local cop Mike Vido, motivated by a personal vendetta, keeps harassing him while Eddie's brother Walter wants Eddie for one last major heist.
Once a Thief is a 1965 crime film directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, and Jack Palance. San Francisco. The film opens with two hoodlums breaking into a convenience store in Chinatown and forcing the woman proprietor to empty the register.
