Loved so much by Woody Allen that he basically remade it as Small Time Crooks– this here is superior
There’s not much here visually from Bacon but Edward G. Robinson is a great commander at the helm of both this criminal crew and the driver of the film.
It’s a unique take on the comedy of errors subgenre—everything planned to go wrong goes right for their front
The supporting cast is equal to Edward G—Broderick Crawford is perfect as the loyal big slow stooge and Jack Carson is great as the fast-talking salesman
Robinson plays on his persona as a gangster- Rico from Little Caesar– he’s got the “gift of bag”—the “damn banks wouldn’t give me a loan” stuff would work better in 1932 than 1943
It’s a sharp film—well-written
As much as I like Anthony Quinn the film suffers when the plot takes hold at the end with him a serious threat
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