The Big Steal
1949 ‧ Noir/Crime ‧ 1h 11m
Army officer Duke Halliday (Robert Mitchum) is headed to Mexico to track down a con artist named Jim Fiske (Patric Knowles). Along the way, he meets the beautiful Joan Graham (Jane Greer), who, like Halliday, was double-crossed by the shifty Fiske...
Release date: July 1, 1949 (USA)
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring and Gerald Drayson Adams
Distributed by: RKO Pictures
Adapted from: The Road to Carmichael's
Box office: $1.6 million