Inside Job is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Jean Yarbrough starring Preston Foster, Ann Rutherford, Alan Curtis and Milburn Stone.

Norton decides to pull off the job and take all of the money for himself and his wife, Claire (Ann Rutherford), who was previously unaware of his record.

One night after the store is closed, Norton cracks the safes and takes nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

Norton finally arranges to be driven out of the city to start a new life but an informant tells Madden of his whereabouts.

He knocks on Norton's door but a neighbor who is a police officer arrives at the critical moment with Christmas shopping for his family.