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A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)

A Slight Case of Larceny poster
Directed by
Don Weis
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two friends open a gas station and use a slightly silly scheme to draw in customers. They get into trouble when their plan attracts the attention of a local business owner.

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What happens

A Slight Case of Larceny is a 1953 comedy film directed by Don Weis, written by Jerry Davis, and starring Mickey Rooney, Eddie Bracken, Elaine Stewart, Marilyn Erskine, Douglas Fowley and Robert Burton. It was released on June 5, 1953, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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