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Once a Thief is a 1965 crime film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin and Jack Palance. It was written by Zekial Marko, based on his 1961 novel Scratch a Thief. The movie was known in France as Les tueurs de San Francisco.
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
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Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.
Frustrated and angry, Eddie is finally persuaded by his brother Walter and his accomplices, Sargatanas and Shoenstein, to assist in a $1 million robbery. The robbery is successful; but Walter is killed in an attempted doublecross, and Sargatanas kidnaps Kathy to force Eddie to turn over the truck with the stolen goods.
- Ralph Nelson, Eric Von Stroheim Jr.
- Alain Delon
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In San Francisco, ex-con Eddie Pedak, who served time for armed robbery in cahoots with a gang led by his brother Walter Pedak, has been out of jail for six years and is still on parole.