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Larceny is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by George Sherman starring John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, and Shelley Winters.
Larceny: Directed by George Sherman. With John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters. A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her instead.
A con man sets out to swindle a widow out of the money she's received to build a memorial to her war-hero husband, but winds up falling in love with her inst...
Larceny (1948) is a swindler drama femme fatale murder film noir with John Payne, Shelley Winters and John Payne directed by George Sherman.
Four original cast members from the film, John Payne, Joan Caulfield, Shelley Winters and Dan O'Herlihy reprised their roles on the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of Larceny on October 11, 1948. Portions of the film were shot on location in Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Van Nuys, Santa Monica and downtown Hollywood, California.
Overview. Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial.
A front man (John Payne) for con artists falls for a war hero's rich widow (Joan Caulfield) likely to buy a memorial.
