A Better Tomorrow II
1987
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Out of the blue, Eddie's brother and gangster Walter Pedak (Jack Palance) and his henchmen Arthur Sargatanas (Davis Chandler) and Cleveland 'Cleve' Shoenstein (Tony Musante) visit Eddie to invite him to participate in a one-million dollar heist.
Reviews 55% Audience Score 50+ Ratings All ex-convict Eddie Pedak (Alain Delon) wants is a fresh start with his wife, Kristine (Ann-Margret), and daughter, Kathy (Tammy Locke), as he tries to...
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- Ralph Nelson
- Crime, Drama
- Alain Delon
Once a Thief: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance. San Francisco ex-con Eddie Pedak wants to go straight, but local cop Mike Vido, motivated by a personal vendetta, keeps harassing him while Eddie's brother Walter wants Eddie for one last major heist.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ralph Nelson
- 1965-09-08
Directed by the under-rated Ralph Nelson, the film successfully invokes the mood and atmosphere of the classic black-and-white film noir crime thrillers of the 1940s and 1950s.
Aug 31, 2020 · Ralph Nelson directed Once a Thief, a moody black-and-white crime noir drama, starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin and Jack Palance.
Once a Thief is a nice little jazz noir with a great, immersive opener, and a well-paced, fiasco-driven, chilling ending. It's just what's in between that's a little more rote. And yet, there's a lot to like in the body of the film too.
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Sep 7, 2008 · Once a Thief (1965) Unashamedly hip from its opening in a jazz club where a blistering drum solo punctuates a few customer comments, this one is a film noir from the sixties that has a lot of substance to go with its style.
