Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

1974 · 123 min · EN · 6.5 (94 votes)
Dir. Robert Altman · Starring Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher, Ann Latham

“Robbing 36 banks was easy. Watch what happens when they hit the 37th.”

CrimeDramaRomance

Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.

VIBE

A hazy, sun-drenched melancholy permeates this tale of doomed lovers on the lam. It feels like a faded photograph, capturing a transient, desperate romance against a backdrop of Depression-era grit and fleeting freedom.

grittymelancholicromanticbleakslow-burnneo-noirperiod piececharacter studyAmerican New Wavelove on the runcriminalityfreedomdespair
based on novel or bookmississippi riverescaped convictchain gangon the runbank robberydepression era1930s