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1954CRIME
FILM ABOUT SHOP LIFTING FILMED IN BERKELEY CALIFORNIA. PROFESSIONAL BOOSTERS USE MANY INGENIOUS WAYS TO STEAL ITEMS.

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"THE SHOPLIFTING TECHNIQUES PORTRAYED IN THIS FILM ARE THOSE MOST GENERALLY USED - DESCRIBED ON AUTHENTIC POLICE REPORTS". "PERSONS DEMONSTRATING CRIMINALS' METHODS ARE NOT THIEVESM PROFESSIONAL OT AMATEUR".
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POLICEMAN AND DETECTIVE ESCORT CAPTURED PROFESSIONAL SHOPLIFTER CRIMINAL TO CELL, LOCK HIM IN. VOICE OVER, "THE MAN ENTERING THE JAIL CELL IS A PROFESSIONAL THIEF....HE IS KNOWN AS A GOOD BOOSTER"..
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CU DETECTIVE EXAMINES SHOPLIFTER'S CRIMINAL RECORD WHICH SHOWS THAT HE (THE CRIMINAL) HAS BEEN AROUND. LIKE CRIMINALS OF HIS OWN KIND, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY EVADED LONG SENTENCES. .
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DETECTIVE CHECKS THE BOOSTER'S RECORD,. AND THE LOOT ON THE TABLE."....AFTER SERVING A SMALL SENTENCE, HE WILL BE UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS". THIS TIME I9T IS APPLIANCES, TOMORROW IT WILL BE SOMETHING ELSE".
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MS WELL DRESSED "BOOSTER" ENTERING DEPARTMENT STORE. MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS SHOW HOW HE NONCHALANTLY STEALS AN ITEM.
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A FEMALE "BOOSTER" WITH LONG BAGGY COAT, SELECTS HANDBAG, PLACES PERSONAL ITEMS FROM HER POCKET INTO THE BAG, THEN HOLDS IT AS IF IS HERS, THEN CONTINUES SHOPPING WITH "HER" HANDBAG IN HAND..
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MONTAGE VARIOUS MEN, WOMEN SHOPLIFTERS USING VARIETY INGENIOUS METHODS TO SHOPLIFT.
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CU MAN HOLDS "TRICK BOX" UNDER ARM AS HE SHOPS BOOK SHELVES FOR BOOKS. HE SLIPS BOOK AFTER BOOK INTO THE HINGED END OF BOX. ON AN OTHER DAY HE MAY USE BOX TO STEAL SOMETHING ELSE.
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CASUAL "PREGNANT" WOMAN SHOPPER WITH OVERCOAT IS REALLY A SHOPLIFTER. WHEN OPENING OVERCOAT, HER "PREGNANCY" IS REALLY MANY STOLEN ITEMS STUFFED AROUND HER WAIST, TAGS AND ALL.
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LITTLE OLD LADY, KNOWN BY SALESGIRLS AS BEING A BROWSER RATHER THAN A SHOPPER, SHE'S A NUISANCE AND SHE KNOWS IT.IS LEFT ALONE TO BROWSE. SHE SCOOPS UP ITEM AFTER ITEM INTO HER HANDBAG.
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MAN WITH TOPCOAT DROOPED OVER ONE SHOULDER, SCOOPS UP ITEMS UNDER THE COAT.
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MAN BUYS A SMALL ITEM JUST TO GET A SALES SLIP. WITH SALES SLIP IN HAND, HE PICKS UP A PORTABLE TV SET, HOLDS UP SALES SLIP TO SLAESMAN, THEN WALKS OFF WITH TV.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS INGENIOUS BOOSTER "TEAMS" IN ACTION. ONE DISTRACTS THE SALESMAN AS THE OTHER WALKS OF WITH MERCHANDISE.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS 4 MAN TEAM OF BOOSTERS IN ACTION. WHEN THEY LEAVE THE STORE THEY SHARE THE LOOT.
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