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7.4/10   764 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Laura Perelman (play) and
S.J. Perelman (play) ...
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Release Date:
2 May 1942 (USA) more
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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
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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
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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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
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Silent Night, Holy Night more

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16 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
$9.75, 15 July 2001
9/10
Author: Eric Chapman (caspar_h@yahoo.com) from Pittsburgh, PA

Hysterical madcap fun. There may be no funnier moment in the history of film than Edward G. Robinson irritably gift wrapping a piece of luggage (all reasonably priced at $9.75) for a bothersome customer. The pacing of this movie is breathless (it's like a Bugs Bunny cartoon) and it's one of the few comedies that can legitimately claim to have a laugh virtually every minute. It's a movie that understands how funny a single door constantly opening and closing can be, provided there is a parade of zany enough characters passing through it, all of whom possess impeccable comic timing. It's also got a young, menacing Anthony Quinn to give it some edge, and an early Jackie Gleason to steal a couple scenes. Nearly as delightful as the king of screwball comedies "Bringing Up Baby".

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