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The Burglar

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Film-Noir | Thriller | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Paul Wendkos

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: 1000 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard Emery

Martha Vickers

Dan Duryea

Nat Harbin

Jayne Mansfield

Gladden

Peter Capell

Baylock

Mickey Shaughnessy

Dohmer

Wendell K. Phillips

Police Captain

Phoebe Mackay

Sister Sara

Stewart Bradley

Charlie

John Facenda

News Commentator

Sam Elber

Gerald

Frank Hall

News Reporter

Bob Wilson

Newsreel Narrator

Steve Allison

State Trooper

Andrea McLaughlin

Gladden as a Child

Frank Orrison

Person

Ned Carey

Person

John Boyd

Person

Michael Rich

Person

George Kane

Person

Sam Cresson

Person

Ruth Burnat

Person

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Trivia

Filmed in the summer of 1955 but not released until 1957, in order to cash in on the sudden fame of Jayne Mansfield.

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Producer Louis W. Kellman cast the relatively unknown Jayne Mansfield as Gladden after seeing the normally jaded and unflappable film crew's "overheated" reaction to her on the set of Pete Kelly's Blues (1955).

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Producer Louis W. Kellman had difficulty finding a buyer for the film. Finally, Columbia Pictures chief Harry Cohn said that he would do Kellman "a favor" and "take it off his hands" if the film's director, Paul Wendkos, was part of the deal.

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Goofs

The 1951 Chevy driven by Nat Harbin is described as "light gray" over the police radio and in the teletype voice-over, yet the description on the teletype reads that the car is "green."

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Faq

Chicago Opening Happened When?

Chicago Sun-Times, Sunday, July 28, 1957, p. 32, c. 1:KUP'S COLUMNAll's fair in love and movies: Jayne Mansfield, in town to plug her first big film, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" will be surprised to learn that a quickie she made long before she became popular, "The Burglar," is opening here first to capitalize on her publicity. It debuts Wednesday at the Roosevelt.______________________

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