Small Time Crooks

May 19, 2000

1h 34m

★ 6.4

They took a bite out of crime.

Overview

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Sweetland Films

Jean Doumanian Productions

Small Time Crooks Trailers

Cast

Ray

Woody Allen

Frenchy

Tracey Ullman

Denny

Michael Rapaport

Tommy

Tony Darrow

Benny

Jon Lovitz

David

Hugh Grant

May

Elaine May

Real Estate Agent

Sam Josepher

Dynamite Dealer

Lawrence Howard Levy

Cop

Brian Markinson

Himself

Steve Kroft

Chi Chi Potter

Elaine Stritch

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.

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