The Light Touch
“If she knew what he was, she'd never given him her youth and innocence!”
After a professional art thief steals a religious painting from an Italian museum, he tries to cheat his partner by claiming the painting was accidentally destroyed but his suspicious partner and the police are determined to find it.
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Cast
23 people
Richard Brooks Director · Tom Reed Story Jed Harris Story
Worldwide gross $1.3M · Budget $1.2M · United States release December 6, 1951
Box office
Budget
$1,163,000
Worldwide gross
$1,281,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Distribution
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 6, 1951
Theatrical
Australia
February 15, 1952
Austria
November 1, 1952
Denmark
June 8, 1953
Finland
May 29, 1953
Germany
September 9, 1952 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 21, 1952
Portugal
October 30, 1952
Spain
January 13, 1953 · Barcelona
Sweden
July 7, 1952
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