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Thieves Like Us ()

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When two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.
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Bowie
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Keechie
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Chicamaw
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T-Dub
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Mattie
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Lula
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Dee Mobley
Al Scott ...
Capt. Stammers
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Jasbo
Mary Waits ...
Noel Joy
Rodney Lee ...
James Mattingly (as Rodney Lee Jr.)
Arch Hall Sr. ...
Alvin (as William Watters)
Joan Tewkesbury ...
Lady in Train Station (as Joan Maguire)
Eleanor Matthews ...
Mrs. Stammers
Pam Warner ...
Woman in Accident
Suzanne Majure ...
Coca-Cola Girl
Walter Cooper ...
Sheriff
Lloyd Jones ...
Sheriff
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Matthew R. Altman ...
Kid Getting Free Soda (uncredited)
Sim Dulaney ...
Prisoner (uncredited)
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Self - Speech (uncredited) (archiveSound)

Directed by

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Robert Altman

Written by

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Calder Willingham ... (screenplay) &
Joan Tewkesbury ... (screenplay) and
Robert Altman ... (screenplay)
 
Edward Anderson ... (novel "Thieves Like Us")

Produced by

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Jerry Bick ... producer
Robert Eggenweiler ... associate producer
George Litto ... executive producer
Thomas Hal Phillips ... associate producer

Cinematography by

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Jean Boffety

Editing by

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Lou Lombardo

Editorial Department

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Dennis M. Hill ... assistant editor (as Dennis Hill)
Tony Lombardo ... assistant editor

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Polly Platt ... (uncredited)

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Michael Kusley ... second assistant director (as Mike Kusley)
Tommy Thompson ... assistant director

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Marty Wunderlich ... property master

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Don H. Matthews ... sound mixer (as Don Matthews)
Dick Vorisek ... dubbing mixer (as Richard Vorisek)

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James Blanford ... camera crew
George Bouillet ... camera crew
Randy Glass ... electrical gaffer
Dennis M. Kuneff ... key grip (as Dennis Kuneff)
Eddie Lara ... key grip
Bill Record ... key grip (as Billy Record)
Harry Walsh ... camera crew (as Harry Walsh III)
Jim Coe ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Jerry Bick ... presenter
Scott Bushnell ... second visual consultant
Jean D'Oncieu ... production assistant
Jackson De Govia ... first visual consultant (as Jack DeGovia)
John Dunning ... radio researcher
Carole Gister ... researcher (as Carol Gister)
George Litto ... presenter
Stanley Mark ... comptroller
Kelly Marshall ... production secretary (as Kelly White Marshall)
Paul Neanover ... cars
Jim Bloom ... production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Eggenweiler ... production assistant (uncredited)
Denyse Specktor ... Assistant research (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing, their special talent and claim to fame. The youngest of the three falls in love along the way with a girl met at their hideout, the older man is a happy professional criminal with a romance of his own, the third is a fast lover and hard drinker fond of his work. The young lovers begin to move out of the sphere in which they have met, a last robbery in Yazoo City goes badly and puts paid to the gang once and for all as a profitable venture, but isn't the end of the story quite yet, as all three are wanted and notorious men with altogether different points of view on the situation they are faced with. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Nous sommes tous des voleurs (France)
  • Lladres com nosaltres (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Ladrones como nosotros (Spain)
  • Renegados Até a Última Rajada (Brazil)
  • ボウイ＆キーチ (Japan, Japanese title)
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  • 123 min
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Budget $1,125,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia When Robert Altman decided to adapt Edward Anderson's book, Altman was not at all aware that Nicholas Ray had previously adapted the book as the cult classic They Live by Night (1948). See more »
Goofs In one of the old radio clips early in the film, the announcer talks about Seabiscuit winning the $25,000 Butler Handicap at Empire City Race Track. The actual date of Seabiscuit winning that race is July 10, 1937, which would place it after the end of the movie which concludes in the Spring of 1937. (Also, later in the film, we hear a radio broadcast of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address, which occurred on January 20, 1937. Although the Seabiscuit race took place six months *after* Roosevelt's second inauguration, the film places the race broadcast *before* the inauguration speech.) See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Robert Altman: Giggle and Give In (1996). See more »
Soundtracks Organ Grinder's Swing See more »
Quotes T-Dub: Yeah, I made my mistake when I was a kid. But kids don't see things. I should've been a doctor or a lawyer or run for office. I shoulda robbed people with my brain instead of a gun.
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