#that Payne's surly conman won't be won over to the side of the angels by the Good Folks (tm) of the small town he finds himself in
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Larceny (1948)
"No hard feelings, Rick, I'm just doing a job. I had to check."
"OK, you've checked. Now check out of here. And don't let anybody notice you."
"Nobody ever does. I got an ordinary face."
#larceny#1948#film noir#american cinema#george sherman#herb margolis#lou morheim#william bowers#john payne#joan caulfield#dan duryea#shelley winters#dorothy hart#richard rober#dan o'herlihy#nicholas joy#percy helton#walter greaza#harry antrim#russ conway#patricia alphin#a fairly minor noir that walks a very familiar beat‚ but does it with some charm and enough interest. no audience could doubt for a second#that Payne's surly conman won't be won over to the side of the angels by the Good Folks (tm) of the small town he finds himself in#nor are the romantic entanglements the least bit difficult to predict. but a strong cast and an occasionally dazzling script helps this#enormously. aome dialogue is tired and cliché but elsewhere the script musters real diamonds (p much every line uttered by the immortal#Shelley W is a thing of beauty‚ a machine gun volley of cutting remarks‚ acidic put downs and suggestive lead ons)#Winters is the stand out but i have to give a special shout out to (the unfortunately underused) O'Herlihy as perhaps the most easygoing#gangster in all pf noirdom. he spends his short screentime utterly relaxed despite the mounting complications and potential fall outs among#the group of cons‚ offering good natured shrugs and gentle pearls of wisdom where such characters are usually sweating bullets and#threatening to blow everything to hell. it's a charming little part and he really stands out from the crowd here
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