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Larceny, Inc.

1942 · 96 min

A breezy, good-natured caper that charms with its bumbling crooks and warm-hearted turns.

Tagline
Hold onto your hearts girls!!! Here comes the racket king!
Overview
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • redemption
  • crime
  • love
  • found family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, crime
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Edwin Gilbert, Everett Freeman
Starring
Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, John Qualen
Music
Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography
Tony Gaudio
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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