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The Big Steal (1950)

The Big Steal poster
Directed by
Don Siegel
Genre
film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
12
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 107 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A US Army officer is falsely accused of stealing a payroll and must chase the real thief across Mexico. He teams up with a woman who is also tracking the thief for her own reasons.

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What happens

The Big Steal is a 1949 American black-and-white film noir that stars Out of the Past stars Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. The film was directed by Don Siegel, based on the short story "The Road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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