| Larceny, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Written by | Laura Perelman (play) S.J. Perelman (play) Everett Freeman (screenplay) Edwin Gilbert (screenplay) |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Jane Wyman Broderick Crawford Jack Carson Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
| Editing by | Ralph Dawson |
| Release date(s) | April 24, 1942 |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
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Plot summary
Mobster J. Chalmers "Pressure" Maxwell (Robinson) decides to go straight. Just prior to his release from prison, he rejects a proposal by fellow inmate Leo Dexter (Quinn) to rob a bank. Maxwell hopes to purchase a dog racing track in Florida and become a legitimate businessman with his adopted daughter, Denny Costello (Wyman). However, he lacks the fund necessary to start a business. Meeting his former partners Jug Martin (Crawford) and Weepy Davis (Brophy), the three strike upon the idea of using a luggage shop on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan to tunnel into an adjacent bank, coincidentally the very bank that Leo had previously pointed Pressure toward.
They easily negotiate their way into ownership of the luggage store, because subway construction outside has hurt business. The three begin digging via the store's basement. However, slick salesman Jeff Randolph (Carson) convinces Weepy to purchase several dozen pieces of luggage. Soon afterward, Jeff falls in love with Denny. Denny, in an effort to force her father to abandon the bank job, works out a plan to cause the store's business to skyrocket, thus allowing her father to get the money he needs legally.
To the surprise of everyone, the store flourishes, and the bank next door offers to purchase it from them, to expand their space. Pressure nearly accepts the offer at Denny's insistence, but soon enough Leo learns of the robbery, and breaks out of jail to get a share of the loot. Due to the success of the luggage business, Pressure has long since abandoned the robbery plan, but Leo insists that it go through.
On Christmas Eve, Leo plans on breaking into the vault. Halting his plans, however, is the appearance of the original owner of the store, Homer Bigelow (Harry Davenport). Harold George Bryant Davenport ( January 19, 1866 in New York City, New York – August 9, 1949 in Los Angeles Having offered to buy back the store, Pressure sees this as the perfect opportunity to prevent the vault explosion. Retaliating, Leo's henchman knocks Homer out, who just barely manages to press down the burglar alarm. Leo panics and reaches for his gun, but Pressure intervenes, before being knocked unconscious by Leo as well. Leo tries to escape, only to be caught by the police, waiting outside of the store.
The store erupts in flames after Leo's henchman unsuccessfully attempt to blow through the bank wall, and Pressure manages to save Harry Bigelow from the fire. Denny accepts Jeff's earlier marriage proposal, and Harry makes plans to build a new, more elaborate luggage store to replace the one that is burning down.
Analysis
The plot of Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks is very similar to that of Larceny, Inc. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Small Time Crooks is an American Comedy film, released in 2000, starring Woody Allen and Tracey Ullman. . Allen has never commented on whether this was deliberate or if his film was in any way inspired by Larceny, Inc. .
Robinson took the role of Pressure Maxwell in this film to offset his "tough guy" image as established in his many appearances as gangsters or police officers in previous Warner Bros. films.
The film features many members of the Warner Brothers "stock company" and included a cameo by famed comedian Jackie Gleason, as a drug store "soda jerk. Herbert Walton Gleason Jr, baptized John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason ( February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an "
References
- Larceny, Inc. in the Turner Classic Movies film database. Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner
- Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies, aired 2006-06-15, 4:00 AM UTC. Robert Jolin Osborne (born May 3, 1932 in Colfax Washington) is an American actor and film historian best known as the host of the Turner Classic
- Larceny, Inc. at the Internet Movie Database
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