A good example, I think, of a non-criminal type person who turns to crime is Montgomery Clift in A PLACE IN THE SUN. I have some doubts about this example because the movie is annoyingly unclear whether he really pushed Shelley Winters overboard. This movie is, as you may already know, based on T. Dreiser's novel AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. An earlier film version of this book was made by Josef von Sternberg in 1931. I have never seen this version. Perhaps another example of a non-criminal type who commits a crime is Jeremy Irons in REVERSAL OF FORTUNE. Again, as with A PLACE IN THE SUN, it is unclear whether the guy is guilty or not. Forgive me if this message rambles. It is very late at night. Mary Kalfatovic