A Burglar for One Night
'An unemployed labourer is driven to burglary when he is unable to find work.' (British Film Institute)
'An unemployed labourer is driven to burglary when he is unable to find work.' (British Film Institute)
Flora Morris
Mary
Frank Denton
The Man
Hay Plumb
Foreman
John MacAndrews
'An unemployed labourer is driven to burglary when he is unable to find work.' (British Film Institute)
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.
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