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20 March 1987 (USA)
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A first rate comedy about a second story woman.
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Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer...
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Good Movie, perfect WG vehicle.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr |
 | Bobcat Goldthwait | ... | Carl Hefler |
| G.W. Bailey | ... | Ray Kirschman |
 | Lesley Ann Warren | ... | Dr. Cynthia Sheldrake |
| James Handy | ... | Carson Verrill |
 | Anne De Salvo | ... | Det. Todras (as Anne DeSalvo) |
 | John Goodman | ... | Det. Nyswander |
| Elizabeth Ruscio | ... | Frankie |
 | Vyto Ruginis | ... | K.E. Graybow |
| Larry Mintz | ... | Vincent 'Knobby' DiCarno |
| Raye Birk | ... | The jogger |
| Eric Poppick | ... | Deliveryman |
| Scott Lincoln | ... | Man in Cadillac |
| Thom Bray | ... | Shoplifter in bookstore |
| Nathan Davis | ... | Mr. Paggif |
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103 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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While loosely based on the Burglar novels by Lawrence Block, two of the principal characters underwent major changes: Bernard "Bernie" Rhodenbarr, a white male bookstore owner/burglar, became Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr as played by Whoopi Goldberg; lesbian dog groomer Carolyn Kaiser, Bernie's best friend, became gay dog groomer Carl Heller and was portrayed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
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Continuity: In the scene when She enters the apartment three cigarette tab ends can be seen in the ash tray yet after she breaks out the closet and surveys the room only two are shown.
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[to the man who just tried to kill her by drowning]
Bernice Bernie Rhodenbarr: You ruined my life, my 'do, AND my Manilow tapes!
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Bernice Bernie Rhodenbarr: You ruined my life, my 'do, AND my Manilow tapes!
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Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock (1999) (TV)
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Dancing In The City
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I really enjoyed this movie, actually I've enjoyed it a number of viewings. I purchased the DVD. Why did Whoopie stop making movies that were so much fun. I enjoyed the books for which the movie is based, and prefer a woman to a man as a cat burglar. The cast is wonderful, especially Leslie Ann Warren, she is a total hoot. I won't spoil the ending but it was really cool. The atmosphere while they are bar-hopping is so realistic, having been a bar-hopper in my youth in San Francisco. Why isn't Hollywood making these little sleeper hits anymore. Now its all big budget busts, or small artsy fartsy movies. How about a well played mystery without the "Big" named pretty boys and girls as stars. More movies like this and perhaps the box office slump will not stop slumping...