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6.8/10   174 votes
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Director:
Russell Rouse
Writers:
Clarence Greene (writer)
Russell Rouse (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
15 October 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
Never has the screen told a story like this! more
Plot:
Interesting, but sometimes slow film about a nuclear physicist working in Washington DC who also spies for some unnamed foreign country... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Astounding piece of pure cinema more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Ray Milland ... Allan Fields

Martin Gabel ... Mr. Bleek
Harry Bronson ... Harris
Rita Vale ... Miss Philips
Rex O'Malley ... Beal
Rita Gam ... The Girl
John McKutcheon ... Dr. Linstrum
Joe Conlin ... Walters
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Additional Details

Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
None
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
The Thief is one of the few films with synchronized sound to be made completely without spoken dialog. more

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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Astounding piece of pure cinema, 31 August 2001
Author: jlundstrom from Appleton, Wisconsin

Why haven't I heard of this movie before? Not a single word spoken, yet every detail of the mental torture that Ray Milland endures as a seemingly unwilling Soviet spy is conveyed by his features and demeanor. Film review books call it tame, pretentious, uninspired. I suspect those reviewers (this means you, Lenny Maltin) have never actually watched "The Thief."

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