Larceny, Inc.

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Tamara K I love this movie. It almost seems as though all the actors had a great time making it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/24 Full Review Jack B What a cast! Eddie Robinson is perfect and Broderick Crawford is ideal as a sort of slapstick mug. Jackie Gleason is an unexpected treasure before his huge success on television. All in all, this is a gem of a movie and filled with familiar old pros. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/23/23 Full Review Irene M Actually didn't enjoy this that much. It was silly, had lots of physical humor. most interesting was seeing exterior shots of New York City from so long ago. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Larceny, Inc. is the story of a group of criminals tying to rob a bank (around the Christmas season) and succeeding by accident in going straight. Robinson (and a cast of the best character actors in the business) play to the roles they were born for and despite its age it is still a highly enjoyable lark. It is also vastly (vastly) better than the Woody Allen semi-remake Small Time Crooks. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Edward G. Robinson (Emanuel Rosenberg, or "Manny" to family and friends) crafted his famous snarling, cigar-chomping gangster character in the early 1930s --- and from then on, delighted in parodying that persona. From "A Slight Case of Murder" in 1938 (which contains a juvenile delinquent character named Douglas Fairbanks Rosenbloom) to "Never a Dull Moment" in 1968 (a Disney production starring Dick Van Dyke), Robinson brings riotous risibility to the expression Crime Does Not Pay." In "Larceny, Inc." Robinson's character Pressure, who is trying to go straight by running a luggage shop, has fun throwing curves at the censors with lines like this: A French lady enters and introduces herself, and Pressure dismisses her with, "Sorry, I'm not buying any post cards today." The lady explains that she owns the ladies' shop next door, and invites Pressure to come over and see her lingerie. Pressure snaps back, "Maybe I'll let you have a look at my trunks." This is certainly not a "Christmas movie," but the final scenes do take place around the holiday season --- and it's worth taking in the film just to see Edward G. Robinson in a Santa Claus suit. Backed up by Broderick Crawford, Jane Wyman, and Jack Carson, "Larceny, Inc." is just as funny today as it was in 1942. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Fun change of pace in this gangster flick which manages to elicit a few harumphs & giggles throughout. Wyman is well displayed as the prize bit of luggage as well. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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