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4.9/10   426 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 February 1984 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Comedy that dreams the impossible scheme! [Video Australia]
Plot:
Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle, and Weslake... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
No deal at Madonna Street! more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Donald Sutherland ... Weslake

Jack Warden ... Lou Garvey

Sean Penn ... Don Dillard

Wallace Shawn ... Turtle
Larry Riley ... Boardwalk
Trinidad Silva ... Ramon

Christine Baranski ... Maxine
Irwin Corey ... Lazzarelli

Edouard DeSoto ... Don Fernando Pablo Jesus de la Vaca

Anna Maria Horsford ... Slam Dunk

Mitchell Lichtenstein ... Artiste

Charlayne Woodard ... Jasmine
Tasia Valenza ... Maria Elena Mercedes
Marjorie Eaton ... Mrs. O'Malley
Ed Call ... Officer Darney (as Edward Call)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Soundtrack:
We Got More Than We Need more

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No deal at Madonna Street!, 20 August 2005
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Author: jotix100 from New York

Louis Malle lived in the USA during the last part of his life. If there was anyone with enough talent to bring "Crackers" to the screen, it was him. Unfortunately, sometimes, even with the best intentions, no doubt, a great man produces a film that is well beneath himself. Of course, anyone is entitled to a mistake, but if there was anything wrong with this project it seems to be the Jeffrey Alan Fiskin's screen treatment of the classic Mario Monicelli film "Big Deal at Madonna Street".

The cast Mr. Malle assembled for the film is a first rate one, just by looking at the names in it. Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Christine Baranski and the rest have enough experience to show much better than what comes out on the screen.

Let's just remember Mr. Malle for his greatness, and not by this misguided effort.

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