I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
1950 · Feature film · 74 min · dir. Charles Lamont
Exposing Today's Most Alarming Crime Ring!
- Crime
- Drama
- Thriller
Synopsis
Police detective sergeant Jeff Andrews is working on a case involving a gang of shoplifters, and he allows himself to falsely arrested as a petty thief, in order to make contact with the gang. Meanwhile, Faye Burton, a petty shoplifter and the daughter of a prominent judge, is blackmailed by the gang into joining them on the promise that they will get back a confession signed when she was caught by a department store detective, who had her sign the document rather than calling the police. It…
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Details
- Director
- Charles Lamont
- Writer
- Irwin Gielgud
- Cinematography
- Irving Glassberg
- Studio
- Universal International Pictures
- Released
- 1950-05-13
- Running time
- 74 minutes
Cast & crew
Charles Lamont Director
Scott Brady
Mona Freeman
Andrea King
Tony Curtis
Charles Drake
Gregg Martell
Larry Keating
Robert Gist
