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The Big Steal

An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

Director

Don Siegel

Year

Genre

crime, film-noir, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Awards

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Lt. Duke Halliday

Joan Graham

Capt. Vincent Blake

Jim Fiske

Inspector General Ortega

Lt. Ruiz

Julius Seton

Manuel

Pascual García Peña

Chaney

Gregorio Acosta

Morales

Salvador Baguez

Bellhop

Mexican Tourist

Edward Colebrook

Dockhand

Purser

Police Sergeant

Alphonso DuBois

Vendor

American Tourist

Virginia Farmer

Pastry Vendor

Vendor

Pepe

Madden the Guard

Customs Inspector

Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.

Cole

Vendor

Bellhop

Attendant

Bellhop

Tourist

Dorothy Mitchum

Bit Role

Bit Role

Lillian O'Malley

Purser

Carmencita, shopkeeper

Parrot Vendor

Departing Passenger

Dockhand

Vendor

Pedro

Arturo Soto Rangel

Bit Role

Alfredo de Soto

Basguez

Alfonso Sánchez Tello

Barber

Guitar Vendor

Bit Role

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Lt. Duke Halliday Joan Graham Lt. Ruiz Julius Seton Jim Fiske

Turn around. - The Big Steal

Put it down. - The Big Steal

All right, Fiske, come on out. - The Big Steal

All right, Fiske, come on out.

- Chiquita, what are you doing here?
- Get out. - The Big Steal

- Chiquita, what are you doing here? - Get out.

What are you looking for? - The Big Steal

What are you looking for?

Well, it looks like you were sort of
caught holding the bag. - The Big Steal

Well, it looks like you were sort of caught holding the bag.

Boy. Boy. - The Big Steal

That would be a 500-peso deposit, señor. - The Big Steal

That would be a 500-peso deposit, señor.

- I was just coming back to get you.
- Sure you were. - The Big Steal

- I was just coming back to get you. - Sure you were.

Get this guy out of my neck - The Big Steal

Get this guy out of my neck

Once upon a time there was a cat who had a little mouse right in its paws - The Big Steal

Once upon a time there was a cat who had a little mouse...

Please let go of me.
I don't like being mauled. - The Big Steal

Please let go of me. I don't like being mauled.

- Shall we follow the mouse?
- Yes. - The Big Steal

- Shall we follow the mouse? - Yes.

Stop calling me chickita - The Big Steal

Stop calling me chickita

Who's holding the bag now? - The Big Steal

Who's holding the bag now?

I thought it was a fortune - The Big Steal

I thought it was a fortune

Don't use the brake. Throw it in second,
that way you won't lose speed. - The Big Steal

Don't use the brake. Throw it in second, that way you w...

Whatever I said about women drivers,
I take back. - The Big Steal

Whatever I said about women drivers, I take back.

Come on, get out of here! Get!
Come on! Move! - The Big Steal

Come on, get out of here! Get! Come on! Move!

Every time I get in a tight spot with Blake I always turn goats loose - The Big Steal

Every time I get in a tight spot with Blake I always turn...

One thing I can't figure out You have a gun Why didn't you use it - The Big Steal

One thing I can't figure out You have a gun Why...

One thing I can't figure out - The Big Steal

One thing I can't figure out

No more for me, thanks. One's enough.
I better be on my way. - The Big Steal

No more for me, thanks. One's enough. I better be on my...

- Did you hear what he said?
- Yeah. - The Big Steal

- Did you hear what he said? - Yeah.

Nice to have met you, Inspector.
I hope we meet again. - The Big Steal

Nice to have met you, Inspector. I hope we meet again.

It's the country - The Big Steal

It's the country

Hang up your receiver, will you?
It's liable to keep me awake. - The Big Steal

Hang up your receiver, will you? It's liable to keep me...

Okay, you win. - The Big Steal

Taking the parrot for a walk - The Big Steal

Taking the parrot for a walk

You lost something? - The Big Steal

You lost something?

- Oh, Duke, I tried, but...
- All you had to do was pull the trigger, - The Big Steal

- Oh, Duke, I tried, but... - All you had to do was pull the...

You don't know the birdcage trick, do you? - The Big Steal

You don't know the birdcage trick, do you?

- Going somewhere, miss?
- I beg your pardon. - The Big Steal

- Going somewhere, miss? - I beg your pardon.

- Thanks, amigo.
- Amiga, feminine. - The Big Steal

- Thanks, amigo. - Amiga, feminine.

Boy! Muchacho! Boy! Get me a mechanic! - The Big Steal

Boy! Muchacho! Boy! Get me a mechanic!

Hey, come on, move over, will you?
Get out of the way! - The Big Steal

Hey, come on, move over, will you? Get out of the way!

I'm sorry, doll. It must've been
some of the dust I'm eating. - The Big Steal

I'm sorry, doll. It must've been some of the dust ...

Get out of the way! - The Big Steal

Get out of the way!

The highway's all right.
He said he put a sign across this road. - The Big Steal

The highway's all right. He said he put a sign across t...

I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like to turn around - The Big Steal

I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like to turn...

- Hear what he said?
- Of course I heard. - The Big Steal

- Hear what he said? - Of course I heard.

- What's the matter with me?
- I told him my father doesn't like you. - The Big Steal

- What's the matter with me? - I told him my father doe...

- Well, thanks, what's that for?
- Don't ask questions, just take it and like it. - The Big Steal

- Well, thanks, what's that for? - Don't ask quest...

- Ten what?
- Children. - The Big Steal

- Ten what? - Children.

Get those planks out again! - The Big Steal

Get those planks out again!

Get the planks... - The Big Steal

Get the planks...

- What are you doing?
- Eeny-meeny-miny-mo. - The Big Steal

- What are you doing? - Eeny-meeny-miny-mo.

Is your name Fiske? - The Big Steal

Is your name Fiske?

This thing only holds six.
I should have left you in Tehuacán. - The Big Steal

This thing only holds six. I should have left you in Tehuacá...

It'll be getting dark soon - The Big Steal

It'll be getting dark soon

Tell her to come down here! - The Big Steal

Tell her to come down here!

Cold American dollars - The Big Steal

Cold American dollars

Please, please, please stop it. - The Big Steal

Please, please, please stop it.

- Nice shooting, Chiquita.
- I didn't mean to. It just went off. - The Big Steal

- Nice shooting, Chiquita. - I didn't mean to. It just ...

Well, you're looking at a man
without a thing to worry about. - The Big Steal

Well, you're looking at a man without a thing to worry ...

Waste an awful lot of time down here. - The Big Steal

Waste an awful lot of time down here.

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An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Don Siegel

Writer: Daniel Mainwaring, Gerald Drayson Adams, Richard Wormser

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

Genre: crime, film-noir, romance

Year: 1949

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 29 Jun 1949

Awards: N/A

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