The Burglar
6.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Paul Wendkos Budget 90,000 USD Duration Language English | 6.8/10 Genre Film-Noir, Thriller, Drama Screenplay David Goodis Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 1957 (1957-06) Based on The Buglar
1953 novel
by David Goodis Writer David Goodis (screenplay), David Goodis (novel) Cast Dan Duryea (Nat Harbin), Jayne Mansfield (Gladden), Martha Vickers (Della), Peter Capell (Baylock), Mickey Shaughnessy (Dohmer), Wendell K. Phillips (Police Captain)Similar movies The Dark Knight Rises , The Big Sleep , Edward Scissorhands , The Night of the Hunter , The Asphalt Jungle , Heat Tagline A trail of perfume...and violence! |
The burglar 1957 burglary
The Burglar is a 1957 crime thriller film noir released by Columbia Pictures, based on the 1953 novel of the same name by David Goodis (who also wrote the script). The picture stars Dan Duryea in the titular role and Jayne Mansfield.
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Plot

Professional burglar Nat Harbin (Dan Duryea) and his two associates, Baylock (Peter Capell) and Dohmer (Mickey Shaughnessy), set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah (Phoebe Mackay), who has inherited a fortune—including a renowned emerald necklace—from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden (Jayne Mansfield), to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up what looks like a perfect break-in; even when Nat's car is spotted by a couple of cops, he bluffs his way through, gets the necklace, and makes the getaway. But the trio—plus Gladden—can't agree on how to dispose of the necklace, and soon their bickering becomes a lot less important than the fact that someone is on to what they've done—a woman (Martha Vickers) is working on Nat, while a man (Stewart Bradley) is working on Gladden. Equally serious, the trio kills a New Jersey state trooper while on their way to warn her. And among the cops chasing them is one with larceny in his heart and murder on his mind.
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Background

This film was remade in 1971 as The Burglars, directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Omar Sharif, Jean Paul Belmondo and Dyan Cannon.
References
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