Directed by:
Charles LamontScreenplay:
Irwin GielgudCinematography:
Irving GlassbergCast:
Scott Brady, Mona Freeman, Andrea King, Tony Curtis, Charles Drake, Gregg Martell, Larry Keating, Charles McGraw, Rock Hudson, James Best, Peggie Castle (more)Plots(1)
Mona Freeman stars as the titular kleptomaniac in the sensational crime story, I Was a Shoplifter. Cop Jeff Andrews (Scott Brady) agrees to go undercover to shadow the sticky-fingered Faye Burton (Freeman), a judge’s daughter who has been coerced into working for a professional shoplifting ring run by ruthless pawnbroker Ina Perdue (Andrea King). Jeff finds himself falling in love with Faye while working to crack the gang of thieves. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Cast
Scott Brady
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Mona Freeman
USA
Best movies:
The Heiress (1949)
National Velvet (1944)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Andrea King
France
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
Band of Angels (1957)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Tony Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Charles Drake
USA
Best movies:
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Conflict (1945)
Showdown (1963)
Gregg Martell
USA
Best movies:
Winchester '73 (1950)
Shakedown (1950)
Kiss of Death (1947)
Larry Keating
USA
Best movies:
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Monkey Business (1952)
Whirlpool (1949)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Rock Hudson
USA
Best movies:
Giant (1956)
Winchester '73 (1950)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
James Best
USA
Best movies:
The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997) (TV movie)
Winchester '73 (1950)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Peggie Castle
USA
Best movies:
99 River Street (1953)
Shakedown (1950)
Frontier Scout (1956)
Robert Gist
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Ann Robinson
USA
Best movies:
Julie (1956)
Imitation of Life (1959)
A Star is Born (1954)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Steve Darrell
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Lane Bradford
USA
Best movies:
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
The Sheepman (1958)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Midnight (1939)
Charles Watts
USA
Best movies:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Harold Goodwin
USA
Best movies:
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Cameraman (1928)
Spartacus (1960)