Crackers

"The Comedy that dreams the impossible scheme!"

Feb 17 1984 PG 1h 31m
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In San Francisco, a group of down-and-out friends and a local pimp concoct a convoluted burglary plan on their pawnshop operator friend, all while navigating unexpected romantic entanglements that threaten to derail their heist.

Plot

Down-and-out Weslake (Donald Sutherland) was reduced to minding the counter at the San Francisco pawn shop of crusty Garvey (Jack Warden) when he tumbled 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. Louis Malle's hilarious remake of I soliti ignoti (1958) co-stars Sean Penn, Wallace Shawn, Christine Baranski, and Professor Irwin Corey.

Written by

Jeffrey Alan Fiskin

Directed by

Louis Malle

Cast

Donald Sutherland, Jack Warden, Sean Penn

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English, Español

Awards

2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,675
Average Rating
5.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA