The Tories have, until now, gleefully taunted the Liberal Democrats over their decision to keep stolen money.
Mr. Neuer, the lawyer for the Picasso heirs, declined to speculate as to why one might keep stolen art hidden for so long.
Almost as exciting was Private Hell 36 (1954), a noir about the problems that arise after two detectives (Steve Cochran and Howard Duff) decide to keep stolen money that they have recovered; Ida Lupino played a nightclub singer, and she cowrote the script (with Collier Young).
I appreciate the work the industry has done in creating a database to keep stolen phones from being reactivated, but more action is needed.
Aside from the courts, McGehee said, another check on the system is that candidates have to face "the court of public opinion if they are given and then keep stolen money".
The festival opens Friday night with a 1949 rarity, "Too Late for Tears," starring noir icons Lizabeth Scott and Dan Duryea in a tale of a ruthless housewife who will do anything, including murder, to keep stolen money.
