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Overview
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Release Date:
21 July 1978 (Denmark)
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Tagline:
"Please God, don't let him get caught." more
Plot:
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules...
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Parole
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Parole Officer
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Jail
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Heist
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Bank Robbery
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(5 articles)
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An absolutely wonderful sleeper.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Max Dembo |
 | Theresa Russell | ... | Jenny Mercer |
 | Gary Busey | ... | Willy Darin |
 | Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Jerry Schue |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Earl Frank |
 | Rita Taggart | ... | Carol Schue |
 | Kathy Bates | ... | Selma Darin |
| Sandy Baron | ... | Manny |
 | Jake Busey | ... | Henry Darin (as Jacob Busey) |
| Tina Menard | ... | Hotel Manager |
| Stephanie Ericson-Baron | ... | Bar Patron |
| Dave Kelly | ... | Counterman |
| Don Sommese | ... | Waiter |
| Kit Jee Wong | ... | Grocer |
 | Peter Kwong | ... | Grocery Clerk |
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114 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) |
West Germany:16 (original rating) |
UK:18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Canada:14+ |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:R
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A pet project for Dustin Hoffman, he was originally due to direct himself. Denied final cut by the studio, he ended up suing Warner Brothers over their treatment of the film.
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Continuity: When Max pulls Earl's car over in the center of the freeway there is no fence. Then when the car is pulled over there is a fence.
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Soundtrack:
Two of Us
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This is such a great film. The cast is so excellent. You've got Dustin Hoffman, who turns in one of his best performances, but it only gets better from there. Gary Busey plays Hoffman's buddy and husband to Kathy Bates-both excellent. Harry Dean Stanton (probably one of my favorite actors) plays one of Hoffman's partners in heist. His performance is right on the money as always. M. Emmet Walsh plays Hoffman's nearly inhumanly sleazy parole officer. Walsh does such a good job here too(I read somewhere that the Coens saw him in this movie and that was what led them to cast him in Blood Simple). Theresa Russell does a nice job as Hoffman's girlfriend. Eddie Bunker himself shows up as a bartender. It's no one wonder Tarantino would want to study this film-it's remarkable.