Crackers (1984)
Directed by Louis Malle

Comedy / Crime / Thriller

Film Synopsis

In the Hispanic quarter of San Francisco, Weslake, a former security officer, guards a pawnbroker shop owned by Garvey, with the help of his friend Turtle.  One day, Dillard, a musician, visits the shop to buy back the guitar that he pawned earlier.  Dillard offers Garvey a stolen car radio in exchange and the old pawnbroker agrees, providing Dillard helps him by installing a new alarm system.  At first, Dillard is reluctant to do this, but his friend Ramon persuades him that if he were to install the alarm he would know how to break into the shop without setting it off.  This conversation is overheard and Weslake is soon made aware of what Dillard is planning...
© James Travers
The above content is owned by filmsdefrance.com and must not be copied.


Film Credits

  • Director: Louis Malle
  • Script: Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
  • Cinematographer: László Kovács
  • Music: Paul Chihara
  • Cast: Donald Sutherland (Weslake), Jack Warden (Garvey), Sean Penn (Dillard), Wallace Shawn (Turtle), Larry Riley (Boardwalk), Trinidad Silva (Ramon), Christine Baranski (Maxine), Charlayne Woodard (Jasmine), Tasia Valenza (Maria), Irwin Corey (Lazzarelli), Edouard DeSoto (Don Fernando), Anna Maria Horsford (Slam Dunk), Mitchell Lichtenstein (Artiste), Marjorie Eaton (Mrs. O'Malley), Ed Call (Officer Darney), Joseph Hindy (Officer Ronnie), Charles Bouvier (Cable Man), Dick Bright (Guy), Paul Drake (Guy), Ed Corbett (Kurnitz)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 91 min

The best French films of 2018
sb-img-27
Our round-up of the best French films released in 2018.
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
sb-img-30
Whilst the horror genre is under-represented in French cinema, there are still a fair number of weird and wonderful forays into the realms of fantasy.
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
sb-img-0
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.
The very best of French film comedy
sb-img-7
Thanks to comedy giants such as Louis de Funès, Fernandel, Bourvil and Pierre Richard, French cinema abounds with comedy classics of the first rank.
The best of American cinema
sb-img-26
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
 

Other things to look at


Copyright © filmsdefrance.com 1998-2024
All rights reserved



All content on this page is protected by copyright