The film The Thief featured Ray Milland.
Ray Milland . Milland remained with Paramount for almost 20 years , and as well as his Oscar-winning role in The Lost Weekend , he is remembered for the films The Major and the Minor ( 1942 ) , The Big Clock ( 1948 ) , and The Thief ( 1952 ) , the last of which saw him nominated for his second Golden Globe . The Thief is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Russell Rouse and starring Ray Milland . Not withstanding that observation , the film certainly depends upon the exceptionally strong dramatic performance by Ray Milland , and the equally strong music performance by composer/conductor Herschel Burke Gilbert .