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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   726 votes
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Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Writers:
Laura Perelman (play) and
S.J. Perelman (play) ...
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Release Date:
2 May 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers... full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
Likable more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Edward G. Robinson ... J. Chalmers 'Pressure' Maxwell

Jane Wyman ... Denny Costello

Broderick Crawford ... Jug Martin

Jack Carson ... Jeff Randolph

Anthony Quinn ... Leo Dexter
Edward Brophy ... Weepy Davis
Harry Davenport ... Homer Bigelow
John Qualen ... Sam Bachrach
Barbara Jo Allen ... Mademoiselle Gloria
Grant Mitchell ... Mr. Aspinwall, a banker
Jackie Gleason ... Hobart (as Jackie C. Gleason)
Andrew Tombes ... Oscar Engelhart, a merchant
Joe Downing ... Smitty, a convict (as Joseph Downing)
George Meeker ... Mr. Jackson, a merchant
Fortunio Bonanova ... Anton Copoulos, a barber
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:(Banned) | USA:Approved (PCA #7928)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
No children were seen in the film; although 'Philo Reh' (Urchin), Fred Walburn (Urchin) and Janice Ohman (Little girl) are in studio records/casting call lists for their roles, they were either cut from the final print or never filmed at all. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Charles Sullivan hits a fly ball in the baseball game, but you see the pitcher field a ground ball. more
Quotes:
J. Chalmers 'Pressure' Maxwell: [picking up sample] Crocodile?
Homer Bigelow: No, alligator.
J. Chalmers 'Pressure' Maxwell: [tossing away sample] Oh, domestic.
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Movie Connections:
Remade as Small Time Crooks (2000) more
Soundtrack:
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Likable, 26 March 1999
7/10
Author: Daniel (dbarnes@sfsu.edu) from San Francisco

A goofy, giddy adult satire that plays like a kiddie comedy (replete with broad jokes, slapstick, and a lovable oaf played by Broderick Crawford). Three crooks (including Edward G. Robinson, with mind-racing gusto) give up plans to rob a bank when they realize the sweetest racket of all: capitalism. An entertaining little film.

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OMG! Why is this movie not more well known? gillmanfan2000
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