Larceny, Inc.
by Lloyd Bacon
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Director: Lloyd BaconPrimary Contributor: Edward G. Robinson
Primary Contributor: Jane Wyman
Primary Contributor: Broderick Crawford
Primary Contributor: Jack Carson
Primary Contributor: Anthony Quinn
Primary Contributor: Harry Davenport
Primary Contributor: Jackie Gleason
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Running Time: 95 minutes
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Larceny, Inc.
Movie Review: At Long Last!
Summary: 5 Stars
At long last! I finally found this movie for sale via Amazon and immediately ordered it. It's a treat to go back to the 'good old days' when movies like this were shown on the local Late Show which usually came on at 11:15 PM. I remember the Late Show's musical theme song Leroy Anderson's "The Syncopated Clock". As with the Boston TV stations in my neck of the woods, this seemed to be the format Late Shows around the country would use.
While we are getting spoiled by digital remastering techniques, I'm glad that movies of this vintage remain grainy and with less than optimal sound. It adds to the nostalgic value of the movie when that was the best quality the times offered. As well, IMHO today's 'comedy' can't hold a candle to those thrilling days of yesteryear (RIP Fred Foy)when artists like Edward G put on virtuoso performances without getting into 'in detail' sexual situations and the use of fowl language. Some of the language that movies out today use are enough to even make this ex Navy sailor (Moi) blush.
I'm constantly on the lookout for flicks of this era and scoop them up where I can be transported back in time when life was simpler and less stressful.
Summary of Larceny, Inc.
Edward G. Robinson once more turns his gangster image on its head in a gleeful romp based on the Broadway farce penned by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. Robinson plays Pressure Maxwell, who emerges from Sing Sing planning to run a dog track with cronies Jug (Broderick Crawford) and Weepy (Edward Brophy). But the plan needs funding, so the group (assisted by Jane Wyman) opens a luggage shop as a front while attempting to tunnel into the bank next door. Now add the store's unexpected success, a gabby traveling valise salesman (Jack Carson) and the arrival of a sour con (Anthony Quinn) who wants in on the action, and the laughs are thick as thieves.Similar DVD Movies
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