THIEVES LIKE US

Edward Anderson's Depression era novel had already been adapted for Nicholas Ray's THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1947). Altman handles the story of the incompetent bank robbers, in awe of the big-time gangsters, with poignancy and wit.

Director Robert Altman

Action 1974, colour 123 mins, United Artists

Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Louise Fletcher, Tom Skerritt