Once a Thief (1965)

German Pidax Film-Klassiker DVD edition - Region 2


 

R.I.P. Alain Delon 8/11 - 18/8 2024

In this between France and USA co-produced film and who plays out in San Francisco
Alain Delon plays an ex-gangster who tries to leave the bad ways behind him. He
drives a truck and tries to find new jobs to support his family, his wife Christine/Kitty
played by Ann-Margret and a small kid. Living a clean and poor life isn't that easy for
Eddie Pedak (Delon) as his brother Walther is a mobster and wants Eddie to take part
in just one final robbery heist.

A chinese woman in a liquor shop is murdered by someone that looks like Eddie and
police detective Mike Vito (Van Heflin) is obsessed with Eddie. He thinks he killed a
cop in an earlier robbery, and now has killed again and he wants to see Eddie in the
gas chamber.

Both Eddie and Walther are Italian immigrants from Trieste and Tony Musante is
almost unrecognizable as one of Walther's stupid looking gang members.
Ann-Margret is beautiful as Eddie's wife but couldn't act very well at this early
stage in her film career. Her job as a scantily clad waitress at a scummy club is what
drives Eddie, with old Italian family values, to accept being in Walther's heist.

Film presented in 2.39:1 widescreen with english audio DD 2.0, black & white,
leaflet insert

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