US Release date: 13 May 1950
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 28 October 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 74 minutes
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Scott Brady, Mona Freeman & Andrea King
Australian Distributor: Universal
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Union’s State Theatre for two weeks from 8 September 1950 as support to Sword in the Desert.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts Victory EX-2
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 92 | 217 |
| EF PPE | 1.80 | 294 |
| Metres Travelled | 429,921 | 216 |
| Average MT | 8,430 | 345 |
| Engagements | 51 | 65 |
| Slots | 66 | 73 |
| Weeks | 15 | 91 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 29.41% | 132 |
| Saturdays | 11 | 204 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 21.57% | 270 |
| Tuesdays | 25 | 56 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 49.02% | 105 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 51 | 9 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 47 |
| Ratio | 92.16% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.20% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 3.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.47% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 3.92% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.68% |
| Hoyts eng | 33 |
| Ratio | 64.71% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.07% |
| Independent eng | 6 |
| Ratio | 11.76% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.26% |
| Suburban eng | 12 |
| Ratio | 23.53% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 0.81% |
Notes: Universal crime-ring quickie clawed out enough support slots to the popular Meet the Killer and Broken Arrow to almost gain 100 EF points. At an average of only 8,430 metres per engagement it was one of the lowest in that category (345th). Gained a few late bookings in its run.
I Was a Shoplifter engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| St. Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 28/10/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 4/11/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 11/11/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 11/11/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Brunswick | Alhambra | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 18/11/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 25/11/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 25/11/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 25/11/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 25/11/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 2/12/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 2/12/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 2/12/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Meet the Killer |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 9/12/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 9/12/50 | 7 | T | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 9/12/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Clifton Hill | Clifton | Suburban | 9/12/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Broken Arrow |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 16/12/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Two Texas Knights |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 30/12/50 | 10 | S | 2 | The Hasty Heart |
| West Preston | Rivoli | Independent | 30/12/50 | 10 | T | 2 | The Girl From Jones Beach |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 24/3/51 | 22 | S | 2 | Morning Departure |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 14/4/51 | 25 | S | 2 | Task Force |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 28/4/51 | 27 | T | 2 | Renegades |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 5/5/51 | 28 | T | 2 | The Ghost Goes West |
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