Run Like a Thief

Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive bracelet lost by Pollard and begs to keep. The police are called and Alexander's dreams of his future begin to crumble.

Cast

Kurt Kasznar

as Alexander

Gusti Huber

as Della

James Dean

as Robbie

Barbara O'Neil

as Madame Pollard

Ward Costello

as Mr. Wheelock

Eugene Wood

as Mr. Howard

Ellen Southbrook

as Mrs. Howard

Joseph Leon

as Maitre D'Hotel

Arnold Walton

as Busboy

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