Alain Delon
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749,282 admissions (France) [1] 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 . Nelson won the OCIC award at the 1965 San ...
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
At the time that he was called back to the United States by MGM to appear in Ralph Nelson's San Francisco-set crime film Once a Thief (1965), Jack Palance had enjoyed several years of a working vacation abroad playing outsized and outlandish characters torn from history, the Bible and pulp fiction: in Berlin for Robert Aldrich's Ten Seconds to Hell (1959), in Yugoslavia for André De Toth's ...
- Ralph Nelson, Eric Von Stroheim Jr.
- Alain Delon
However, 1965 proved to be her breakout year in terms of earning critical respect with back-to-back impressive performances in Bus Riley's Back in Town, Once a Thief and The Cincinnati Kid. Over the course of a few years, Ann-Margret would prove she was much more than just a talented singer and dancer.
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. Eddie Pedak, a convicted criminal, has a steady job, a wife, and a daughter, and he puts a down-payment on a boat.
Cast. Alain Delon Ann-Margret Van Heflin Jack Palance John Davis Chandler Jeff Corey Steve Mitchell Tammy Locke Tony Musante Zekial Marko Yuki Shimoda Robert Foulk Henry Leff Joanna Pang Paul Frees Russell Lee Spencer Chan Sam Flint Bebe Louie Robert B. Williams Toy Mar Lily Valenty. 107 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
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DMCA Policy. Build 3fc55b6 (7699) 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.
