Alain Delon
Eddie Pedak
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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. Nelson won the OCIC award at the 1965 San Sebastián International Film Festival for ...
- 749,282 admissions (France)
- Lalo Schifrin
- Jacques Bar
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.
- (2K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Ralph Nelson
- 1965-09-08
Synopsis. Ex-convict Eddie Pedak 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. Believing that Eddie was responsible for shooting him some years ago, Vido arrests Pedak for suspected robbery and murder but is ...
- Ralph Nelson, Eric Von Stroheim Jr.
- Alain Delon
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.
Summaries. 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.
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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 rebuild his life in San Francisco, but a ...
- Crime, Drama
Once a Thief (1965) - Directed by Ralph Nelson, produced by Fred Engel, Ralph Nelson, Jacques Bar and starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, John Davis Chandler, Jeff Corey, Steve Mitchell, Tammy Locke,and more...
