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Crackers

1984-02-17 · 98 min · ★ 4.7

Action · Comedy · Crime

Down-and-out Weslake is reduced to minding the counter at a San Francisco pawn shop when he stumbles onto a scheme by some of the boss's disgruntled misfit clients to rob the place. Rather than blow the whistle, however, he insinuates himself as the heist's mastermind.

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Production details

Directors
Louis Malle
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 12,000,000
Revenue
USD 129,268

Top Cast

Donald SutherlandDonald SutherlandWestlake
Jack WardenJack WardenGarvey
Sean PennSean PennDillard
Wallace ShawnWallace ShawnTurtle
Larry RileyLarry RileyBoardwalk
Trinidad SilvaTrinidad SilvaRamon
Christine BaranskiChristine BaranskiMaxine
Charlayne WoodardCharlayne WoodardJasmine
Tasia ValenzaTasia ValenzaMaria
Irwin CoreyLazzarelli
Edouard DeSotoDon Fernando
Anna Maria HorsfordAnna Maria HorsfordSlam Dunk
Mitchell LichtensteinMitchell LichtensteinArtiste
Marjorie EatonMarjorie EatonMrs. O'Malley
Ed CallOfficer Darney
Joseph HindyJoseph HindyOfficer Ronnie
Charles BouvierCable Man
Dick BrightGuy
Paul DrakeGuy
Edward CorbettKurnitz

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