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Crackers is a 1984 American comedy-crime film directed by Louis Malle.It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.. Written by Jeffrey Fiskin, the film is about a group of small-time out-of-luck thieves, led by the unemployed Weslake (Donald Sutherland), who attempt to rob the neighborhood pawn shop owned by the greedy Garvey (Jack Warden).
Feb 17, 1984 · Crackers: Directed by Louis Malle. With Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn. Reduced to minding the counter at a crusty pawn shop, Weslake tumbles onto a scheme by some disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place.
- (1.6K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Crime
- Louis Malle
- 1984-02-17
Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Foreign Language Films by the 1960 New York Times Film Critics. Released in United States February 1984. Released in United States Winter February 1, 1984. Shown at Lincoln Center, New York City in the series "A Roman Holiday" August 16, 1990. Remake of "The Big Deal on Madonna Street" (1958) directed by Mario ...
- Louis Malle
- Sean Penn
After getting laid off, Weslake (Donald Sutherland) begins working in the pawn shop of stingy Garvey (Jack Warden). When Weslake's friend Dillard (Sean Penn) and his pal, electrician Ramon ...
- Louis Malle
- Comedy
- Donald Sutherland
The esteemed Bay Area film critic Judy Stone's review of this in the May 12, 1984 San Francisco Chronicle is absolutely withering. It begins: It was a big deal on 24th Street in the Mission when Louis Malle came here to shoot Crackers. Madonna mia! What the people there could have done with the 10 million bucks that went down the drain on this one.
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- Universal Pictures
- Louis Malle
Synopsis. Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend.
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Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a Hispanic woman, the sister of a friend. Boardwalk is assigned to case a local apartment, where he meets and falls for the maid ...
