The Stoolie

Nov 30, 1972

1h 30m

★ 0.0

"THE STOOLIE" IS A TRUE STORY. John G. Avildsen, director of "Save the Tiger" and "Joe", has made a new tender-touching film about a stool pigeon - and his fight to earn respectability.

Overview

Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

AVCO Embassy Pictures

The Stoolie Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Roger Pitman

Jackie Mason

1st Hijacker

Josip Elic

2nd Hijacker

Reid Cruickshanks

Police Sgt. Alex Brogan

Dan Frazer

Maxie (as Leonard York)

Leonard Yorr

Marco Ruiz (as Richard Carballo)

Dick Carballo

Sylvia

Babette New

Pool hall girl

Mary McKennedy

Truck driver (as Sean Walch)

Sean Walsh

Lattimore

Thayer David

Hertz girl

Ronnie Mellen

Limousine 'lady' (as Marcie Knight)

Marcia Knight

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.

6.7

The Swindlers

Nov 22, 2017

A group of swindlers unite to hunt down an infamous con man who was known dead, amid their hidden motives and deception.

5.0

Copposites

Oct 9, 2012

A cop and a crook are exposed to a DNA altering formula that switches them into each other's bodies and forces them to work together in order to switch back.

5.8

Nuns on the Run

Mar 16, 1990

Set up by their boss to be knocked off following a final heist, soon-to-retire crooks Brian Hope and Charlie McManus get wind of their impending demise and run off with the spoils of their crime. Fleeing their boss, the drug dealers they robbed, the police, and Brian's angry girlfriend, the duo take refuge in a training convent for nuns. In disguise, they convince Sister Superior that they're nuns, a charade they're forced to maintain as their enemies arrive.

5.3

Arsène Lupin

Oct 13, 2004

As the daring thief Arsène Lupin ransacks the homes of wealthy Parisians, the police, with a secret weapon in their arsenal, attempt to ferret him out.

6.3

Confidence

Apr 25, 2003

What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.

6.9

The Olsen Gang in Jutland

Oct 8, 1971

The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money (in American dollars and gold bars) in one of their commando bunkers, when they were defeated in 1945; the only problem it's in Jutland. Egon, Benny and Kjeld "appropriate" a car and drives to Jutland along with Kjelds wife and child Yvonne and Borge. They look forward to fooling the the people in Jutland, but of course, things don't go quite as planed. It ends with Benny, Kjeld, Borge and Yvonne sitting in the train back to Copenhagen, were they are overtaken by Egon in his car on the road next to the track. This is the last time the Olsen gang goes to Jutland.

7.2

The Olsen Gang on the Track

Sep 26, 1975

Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.

5.9

Hard Rain

Jan 16, 1998

An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.

6.1

Carry On Matron

May 5, 1972

A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.

0.0

Forelock

Oct 23, 2025

A naive fitness enthusiast looks for a fresh start in Los Angeles, but collides with a Hollywood Boulevard grifter who exploits his uncanny resemblance to the world's most famous superhero.

4.7

The Sting II

Feb 18, 1983

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim from the first movie, is setting them up to take the fall.

5.6

Traveller

Apr 18, 1997

A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life.

5.0

Hot Water

Sep 24, 1937

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

5.9

The Ice Harvest

Nov 23, 2005

A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

6.7

Dikkenek

Jun 21, 2006

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in finding the woman of his dreams, and embracing loyalty rather than logic he turns to Jean-Claude for advice.

6.9

Smart Money

Jun 11, 1931

Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

7.8

Nine Queens

Aug 31, 2000

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens".

6.5

The Grifters

Aug 8, 1990

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.