
Crackers
Crackers is a 1984 American comedy crime film directed by Louis Malle. It was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
The action is set in San Francisco during the 1980s. Weslake, who was laid off from his job, is working in a low-paying position at Garvey's pawn shop. Weslake has one friend nicknamed 'Turtle' who's homeless and is seen throughout the whole film searching for something to eat.
More details
author | Jeffrey Fiskin |
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contentLocation | San Francisco |
director | Louis Malle |
editor | Suzanne Baron |
genre | comedy crime |
keywords | alarm system attempted robbery bank vault break break in car radio drink illegal immigrant lay off mexico pimp search shop owner stolen car surround vault |
musicBy | Paul Chihara |
producer | Edward Lewis |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
theme | crime comedy heist |