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The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. All ex-convict Eddie Pedak (Alain Delon) wants is a fresh start with his wife, Kristine (Ann-Margret ...
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- Ralph Nelson
- Crime, Drama
- Alain Delon
Scroll through the IMDb reviews, and you'll see everything from a 2 out of 10 to a 10 out of 10, with the majority of reviews hovering between a 5 and a 6. I'm giving it a 7 because what I like about it outweighs what leaves me dissatisfied. This film is proof that art really IS subjective.
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
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.
Such a case pertains to the 1965 crime drama Once a Thief. 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.
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Review by Siskoid ★★★★ 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.
