The Thief
Summary:
For his directorial debut, Ray Milland went out on a creative limb, resulting in the first American film since Chaplin's City Lights without any spoken dialogue. The Thief stars Milland as Allan Fields, a nuclear physicist who has sold out to a foreign power. With only a few tinges of conscience, Fields sets about to steal vital scientific secrets and smuggle them out of t... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Ray Milland - (Allan Fields)
Rita Gam - (The Girl)
Martin Gabel - (Mr. Bleek)
Harry Bronson - (Harris)
Rex O'Malley - (Beal)
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Review:
The Thief is built on a gimmick - that the entire film is told sans dialogue - and one's reaction to it will likely depend on how interested one is in that gimmick. There's a justification for taking this approach, beyond the challenge of telling a film without dialogue: the main character is, in effect, isolated and incapable of actual communic... Continue >>
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