EDWARD G. ROBINSON spoofs his own image as a tough guy crook in LARCENY, INC. in which he's the leader of a bunch of inept crooks who open a luggage shop because it's next door to a bank with a vault they want to rob. Never mind that it means digging a tunnel...Robinson has dumb cluck BRODERICK CRAWFORD doing that and ED BROPHY acting as a front for the luggage shop.
On top of that, pert JANE WYMAN is Eddie's girlfriend who really wants him to go straight and JACK Carson is a luggage salesman who hasn't got the foggiest idea that the store is really not in the luggage business.
It's sappy but relieved by some good performances from a dependable Warner stock company that includes a lot of their best contract players, even JACKIE GLEASON in a minor role and good old HARRY DAVENPORT. It's the kind of film you'll see once and forget immediately after, but fun while it lasts. JOHN QUALEN as a banker, FORTUNIO BONANOVA as a barber and BARBARA JO ALLEN (A/K/A VERA VAGUE of radio fame and voice-overs for Disney) are a few that stand out in the supporting cast.
Summing up: Lightweight stuff, but good for a few laughs.
On top of that, pert JANE WYMAN is Eddie's girlfriend who really wants him to go straight and JACK Carson is a luggage salesman who hasn't got the foggiest idea that the store is really not in the luggage business.
It's sappy but relieved by some good performances from a dependable Warner stock company that includes a lot of their best contract players, even JACKIE GLEASON in a minor role and good old HARRY DAVENPORT. It's the kind of film you'll see once and forget immediately after, but fun while it lasts. JOHN QUALEN as a banker, FORTUNIO BONANOVA as a barber and BARBARA JO ALLEN (A/K/A VERA VAGUE of radio fame and voice-overs for Disney) are a few that stand out in the supporting cast.
Summing up: Lightweight stuff, but good for a few laughs.