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Thieves Like Us
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Edward Anderson (novel)
Robert Altman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
11 February 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Robbing 36 banks was easy. Watch what happens when they hit the 37th.
Plot:
Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing... more | full synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Keith Carradine ... Bowie

Shelley Duvall ... Keechie
John Schuck ... Chicamaw
Bert Remsen ... T-Dub
Louise Fletcher ... Mattie
Ann Latham ... Lula

Tom Skerritt ... Dee Mobley
Al Scott ... Capt. Stammers
John Roper ... Jasbo
Mary Waits ... Noel Joy
Rodney Lee ... James Mattingly (as Rodney Lee Jr.)
William Watters ... Alvin
Joan Tewkesbury ... Lady in Train Station (as Joan Maguire)
Eleanor Matthews ... Mrs. Stammers
Pam Warner ... Woman in Accident
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Additional Details

Runtime:
123 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:15 (video rating) (1998) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R
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Robert Altman persuaded Bert Remsen to switch jobs and take a role as an actor. Up to then, Remsen was better known for being a leading casting director. more
Quotes:
Dee Mobley: You think life's free, don't you, Elmo? I ain't never had my name in the papers like you fellas. more
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Version of They Live by Night (1948) more

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likes it, 25 March 2003
Author: vsavino99

I think this is one of Altman's best movies. I enjoyed his use of authentic time radio shows. The movie was beautiful to look at in it's simplicity and grittyness. The characters played by Carradine and Duval were youthfully sweet. I appreciate Altman's director's eye in filming this movie. Make more like this!(all of you)

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