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Nobody Lives Forever (1946)  link to Nobody Lives Forever on IMDb  

Number: 3189

poster Nobody Lives Forever

IMDb Rating:
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7.1/10 (1111 votes)

Country: USA, 100 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Film-Noir

Director(s): Jean Negulesco

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
G.I. Nick Blake, a never charged con man in his pre-military life, has just received an honorable discharge from the army on medical reasons. Rather than return to his old life, he plans to settle down in New York, his hometown, with his girlfriend Toni Blackburn and the small cache of money he amassed prior to the war: $50,000. When that plan does not pan out, he decides to head to Los Angeles with his con man friend Al Doyle and live it up until he decides on a more permanent course for his life. He is informed by Pop Gruber, an aging mentor doing solely penny-ante street cons now in L.A., of a potential big mark. Doc Ganson, a former con associate, found the mark, lonely widow Gladys Halvorsen worth $2 million, but does not have either the bankroll or the charms to carry out the con on Gladys himself. With Al running interference for him, Nick agrees both to bankroll and carry out the con, he negotiating two-thirds of the take for himself, leaving Doc and his two associates a ...

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Cast:

photo John Garfield John Garfield Nick Blake
photo Geraldine Fitzgerald Geraldine Fitzgerald Gladys Halvorsen
photo Walter Brennan Walter Brennan Pop Gruber
photo Faye Emerson Faye Emerson Toni Blackburn
photo George Coulouris George Coulouris Doc Ganson

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3