Larceny is fine B-Noir picture, therefore has some fails undermining the whole presentation as the plot is preposterous, John Payne as a bad guy didn't a good choice, somehow he was in wrong side, Joan Caulfield is naïve and cold and George Sherman fits better in westerns pictures, however the crook Dan Duryea is unbeatable in this field also Shelley Winters as a B-girl is fabulous, still young she was gorgeous playing the femme fatale.
As said before the plot is beyond of mindless, then when a major partner Walter Vanderline (Nicholas Joy) discovers that his minority partner Silky Randall (Dan Duryea) building a high class club at Miami Beach is a hoax then Walter fires them, actually Silky leads a small group which his second in command is Rick Maxon (John Payne) Silky figures out that the only way to stand there is through a blackmail, Walter has a kinship with war widow Deborah Owens Clark (Joan Caulfield) in California, the plan is spoils her integrity where Walter will consider his decision to break up the partnership henceforth.
The plan is quite simple Rick approach of Deborah pretending be a former friend at war and raise founds to build a memorial for his late husband also an Institution to get shelter for poor children, when she got the money Rick will steal the funds ashaming her afterwards and using Deborah's disgrace to overturn Walter's decision, well the things didn't happened as Sulky though, his sexy and compulsive girlfriend Tory (Shelley Winters) would rather Rick instead Sulky, then she sneak to California to harass Rick and forget the whole thing.
In this poisoned environment the picture unfolds, Larceny is average picture, due by strong presence of the typecast con Dan Duryea, also improves by the fine performance of the kind-hearted Percy Helton like always as supporting casting, already John Payne that usually plays straight guys reveals his good-nature at long last.
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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.
As said before the plot is beyond of mindless, then when a major partner Walter Vanderline (Nicholas Joy) discovers that his minority partner Silky Randall (Dan Duryea) building a high class club at Miami Beach is a hoax then Walter fires them, actually Silky leads a small group which his second in command is Rick Maxon (John Payne) Silky figures out that the only way to stand there is through a blackmail, Walter has a kinship with war widow Deborah Owens Clark (Joan Caulfield) in California, the plan is spoils her integrity where Walter will consider his decision to break up the partnership henceforth.
The plan is quite simple Rick approach of Deborah pretending be a former friend at war and raise founds to build a memorial for his late husband also an Institution to get shelter for poor children, when she got the money Rick will steal the funds ashaming her afterwards and using Deborah's disgrace to overturn Walter's decision, well the things didn't happened as Sulky though, his sexy and compulsive girlfriend Tory (Shelley Winters) would rather Rick instead Sulky, then she sneak to California to harass Rick and forget the whole thing.
In this poisoned environment the picture unfolds, Larceny is average picture, due by strong presence of the typecast con Dan Duryea, also improves by the fine performance of the kind-hearted Percy Helton like always as supporting casting, already John Payne that usually plays straight guys reveals his good-nature at long last.
Thanks for reading.
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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.