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...Hand. In Toronto, at the Canadian National Exhibition, a thief stole wax hands from two dummies in the "Crime Does Not Pay" exhibit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

Challenge. In Los Angeles, a thief stole Mike Brown's car from the only garage that was locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 18, 1950 | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

...others: Roberto (Open City, Paisan) Rossellini and Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 28, 1950 | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

Cold Cash. In Yonkers, N.Y., a thief broke into the Elm Superette Market, stole the $8 he found in the cash register and the $263 he found in the refrigerator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 28, 1950 | 8/28/1950 | See Source »

...story of a Negro intern (Sidney Poitier) who tries and fails to save the life of a white patient in a county hospital. When the patient dies, his brother (Richard Widmark), a thief and pathological Negro-hater, refuses to permit an autopsy that might vindicate the doctor. Himself a patient in the hospital, Widmark baits Poitier mercilessly, dupes the dead man's ex-wife (Linda Darnell) into igniting a race riot. Poitier, who gets the nasty job of treating the riot's white victims, finally forces an autopsy by falsely confessing to the patient's murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Aug. 21, 1950 | 8/21/1950 | See Source »

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