Once a Thief packs both violence and young married love in unfoldment of its theme, aptly titled, about an ex-con trying to go straight, but constantly harassed by a vengeful cop.
Once a Thief packs both violence and young married love in unfoldment of its theme, aptly titled, about an ex-con trying to go straight, but constantly harassed by a vengeful cop.
Once a Thief has a San Francisco setting, where lenser Robert Burks makes interesting use of Chinatown and North Beach locations to backdrop story of $1 million platinum robbery and ultimate violent demise of each member of the five-man gang that pulled the job. Alain Delon not too unwillingly is pulled into the plot when he finds his wife, Ann-Margret working in a cheap nightclub so they may live.
Delon delivers strongly. He’s the romantic type who excels also in rugged action. Ann-Margret, too, is firstrate in her role. Van Heflin, as a police inspector who thinks Delon once shot him, and Jack Palance, as Delon’s gangster brother, also star.
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Heflin, as Delon’s nemesis effectively plays the relentless police officer, and Palance, with less footage, similarly scores.
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