Once a Thief

Once a Thief

1965 · 107 min · EN · NR · 6.5 (30 votes)
Dir. Ralph Nelson · Starring Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, John Davis Chandler, Jeff Corey · Music Lalo Schifrin

“always a target, for either side of the law!”

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Ex-convict Eddie 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.

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This is a taut, atmospheric descent into a man's desperate struggle for a clean slate. It's a gritty, melancholic journey where the shadows of the past loom large, creating an inescapable sense of fatalism. The tension is palpable, a slow burn of inevitable confrontation in a world that refuses to forgive.

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