I Was a Shoplifter
1950 · Movie · 74 min. · United States
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 takes Jeff and Faye a lot longer to figure out who is the 'brains' behind the shoplifting gang than it does the audience, and the audience has less information than they do.
Direction Charles Lamont
Cast Scott Brady · Mona Freeman · Andrea King · Tony Curtis · Charles Drake · Gregg Martell · Robert Gist · Larry Keating · Michael Raffetto · Charles McGraw · Rock Hudson · James Best · Peggie Castle · Ann Robinson
Screenplay Irwin Gielgud
Cinematography Irving Glassberg
Original title I Was a Shoplifter
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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