01 Mar 1963
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Once a Thief
Portrait...of a heel!!!
A down-on-her-luck San Francisco woman, turning in desperation to jewel robbery, barely escapes getting nabbed in a heist and moves to Los Angeles where she gets an honest job as a waitress. Her troubles start again, however, when she falls madly in love, blind to the fact that her boyfriend is a four-flushing, small-time con man.
Top Billed Cast
Cesar Romero Mitch Moore
June Havoc Margie Foster
Marie McDonald Flo
Lon Chaney Jr. Gus (as Lon Chaney)
Iris Adrian Pearl
Jack Daley Eddie
Marta Mitrovich Nickie
Ann Tyrrell Dr. Borden
Michael Mark Milton
Kathleen Freeman Phoebe
Dana Broccoli Jane (as Dana Wilson)
Bill Baldwin Bondsman
Frances Blumfeld Lt. Francis Blumfield (as Lt. Frances Blumfeld)
Gwendolyn Dusuau Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau (as Deputy Gwendolyn Dusuau)
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