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The Thief is a 1952 American Cold War film noir spy film, directed by Russell Rouse and starring Ray Milland. It's the third in a series of six classic film noir productions scripted by Rouse and his writing partner Clarence Greene. The film is unusual because there is no principal actor dialogue spoken.
The principal characters are not "fleshed-out", as they might be in a more conventional film, as this film is more about "trade-craft", not as much about the principal characters and their respective personalities. Not withstanding that observation, the film certainly depends upon the exceptionally strong dramatic performance by Ray Milland, and the equally strong music performance by composer/conductor Herschel Burke Gilbert. The film is nearly fully orchestrated by Gilbert.
Ray Milland plays Dr. Allan Fields, a nuclear physicist who works for the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C.. But Fields is also a spy working for an unnamed foreign power.
Through an elaborate series of plans and devices, "tradecraft", Fields, as ordered by his "case officer", takes sets of photos of top-secret documents, using a Minox camera, and passes these through a vast network of foreign-power "couriers" to New York City, and thereafter overseas to an enemy country (implied by the final courier's plane's destination of "Cairo", certainly a thinly-veiled reference to "the East", without actually naming the Soviet Union). The latest canister of microfilm which Fields sends out is intercepted by authorities after a courier is killed in a freak traffic accident in Manhattan, with the undeveloped microfilm canister in his hand. The FBI develops the microfilm, analyzes its contents and constructs a list of probable suspects within the AEC, one of whom is the "custodian" of the subject document, and who is initially interrogated.
Actors: Jonny Lewis (actor), Mike Burnell (actor), Matt Snead (producer), Matt Snead (writer), Matt Snead (editor), Matt Snead (director), Matt Snead (producer), Matt Snead (writer), Edward C. Gillow (actor), Stuart Brazell (actress), Rhoads Osbourne (actor), Dennis Kleinsmith (actor), Dennis Kleinsmith (actor), Massimo Sammi (composer), Peter Buitenhek (actor),
Plot: Hank lives two completely different lives concealing one from another. By day he's Hank, a family man with a marriage on the rocks with his wife Miriam that thinks he's having an affair, but by night Hank turns into "Tom Dunn", a sadistic, quirky, cold-blooded hit man for hire with a strict code of conduct. As Tom continues to take increasingly risky but lucrative jobs from his handler Jackie that are passed down down to him from his mysterious boss Walter all while his marriage is falling apart, Tom is pushed to his limits when he discoverers he's actually working for the Mexican Drug Cartel sending his two lives on a collision course into one another.
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Genres: Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Saeed Ali Aldhaheri (producer), Saeed Ali Aldhaheri (director), Abdullah Alramsi (actor), Ali Mohammed Al Dhaheri (actor), Abdulla Ali Salim Al Khawaldi (actor), Fadil Al Muhairi (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jacques Frantz (actor), João Bénard da Costa (actor), Fred Astaire (actor), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (actor), Josh Brolin (actor), David Cronenberg (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Jean Cocteau (actor), Youssef Chahine (actor), Charles Chaplin (actor), Antoine Chappey (actor), Maury Chaykin (actor), Maurice Chevalier (actor), Casper Christensen (actor), Pierre Fresnay (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Andy Mackenzie (actor), Johnny Bishop (editor), Johnny Bishop (producer), Johnny Bishop (writer), Johnny Bishop (director), Stephen Full (actor), Lou Walters (actor), Lou Walters (actor), Gerald Aucoin (actor), Chris Hodson (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Alain Chamfort (actor), Jeanne Delavenay (actress), Jacques-Henri Rochereuil (writer), Jacques-Henri Rochereuil (director), Jacques Allaire (actor), Catherine Beaucourt (producer),
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Genres: Adult,Actors: Adel Imam (actor), Hassan Youssef (actor), Ahmed Badrakhan (director), Sameer Ghanem (actor), Adel Adham (actor), Fouad El-Zahry (composer), Naglaa Fathy (actress), Mustafa Samy (writer), Said Abu Bakr (actor), George Sidhum (actor), Hussein Afify (editor), Amira (actress), Randa (actress), Mahmoud Rashad (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Mystery,Actors: Walter Abel (actor), Michael Ansara (actor), Barbara Eden (actress), William Dieterle (director), Elliott Gould (actor), Vinton Hayworth (actor), Cecil Kellaway (actor), Ray Milland (actor), Ginger Rogers (actress), Allan Scott (writer), Leonardo Cimino (actor), Charlsie Bryant (miscellaneous crew), Carl Lerner (editor), David Hurst (actor), William Marshall (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Suso Cecchi D'Amico (writer), Giulio Battiferri (actor), Vittorio De Sica (producer), Oreste Biancoli (writer), Vittorio De Sica (writer), Umberto Spadaro (actor), Giuseppe Amato (producer), Eolo Capritti (actor), Sergio Leone (actor), Memmo Carotenuto (actor), Nando Bruno (actor), Fausto Guerzoni (actor), Checco Rissone (actor), Alessandro Cicognini (composer), Cesare Zavattini (writer),
Plot: Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proof, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job.
Keywords: accordion, act-of-conscience, arrest, baby, band, barber, based-on-novel, beard, bed-sheet, beggar*A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist selling top secret material to the Russians to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run. Stars: ★Ray Milland, ★Martin Gabel and ★Harry Bronson
While waiting for instructions from his handler, Ray Milland loses his mind in his hotel room.
Thief is a rare movie; a silent movie made in 1952. There is background music and ambient sound but barely any dialogue. Milland plays a disaffected nuclear scientist who decides to sell atomic secrets to iron curtain agents, presumably the Soviets. He surreptitiously photographs documents with his Minox A and passes the film to the other side. This clip combines two sequences. In the second one he is nearly caught while photographing secret papers and is interrupted, leaving his Minox on the desk. Good close-up of the camera in that shot.
The Thief, film de Russel Rouse de 1952. Jérémy Baysse quintet propose un ciné-concert sur ce Film. Création au Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers Scène Nationale en 2012. Composition: Jérémy Baysse Montage: Richard BEGUIER Contact production: La Mouette à 3 Queues Contact: benjamin.suhard@lamouettea3queues.com
Herschel Burke Gilbert: suite from The Thief (1952). Film Noir
Movie:- Jewel Thief (1952) Starcast:- Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Helen Song:- Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara Singer:- Kishore Kumar Music Director:- S. D. Burman Lyricist:- Majrooh Sultanpuri Subscribe Goldmines Movies Channel for Unlimited Entertainment- www.youtube.com/goldmineshindi Like us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/goldminestelefilms
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Songs List:- Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara- 0:08 Rula Ke Gaya Sapna Mera- 4:24 Aasmaan Ke Neeche- 9:08 Raat Akeli Hai- 12:58 Baithe Hain Kya Uske Paas- 17:47 Dil Pukare- 22:41 Hothon Pe Aise Baat Main- 27:51 Movie:- Jewel Thief (1952) Starcast:- Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Helen Song:- Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara Singer:- Kishore Kumar Music Director:- S. D. Burman Lyricist:- Majrooh Sultanpuri Movie:- Jewel Thief (1952) Starcast:- Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Helen Song:- Rula Ke Gaya Sapna Mera Singer:- Lata Mangeshkar Music Director:- S. D. Burman Lyricist:- Majrooh Sultanpuri Movie:- Jewel Thief (1952) Starcast:- Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja, Helen Song:- Aasmaan Ke Neeche Singer:- Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar Music Director:- S. ...
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