Larceny

1948 · Directed by George Sherman · 89 min · film noir, crime film

★ 5.9/10 · 17 ratings on TMDB

Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.