Thieves like Us. 1974. Directed by Robert Altman

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Thieves like Us. 1974. USA. Directed by Robert Altman. 124 min.

Screenplay by Altman, Joan Tewkesbury, Calder Willingham. With Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen, Louise Fletcher. Depression-era Mississippi becomes a textured, vivid character in this portrayal of chain-gang escapees who blunder through another spree of bank hold-ups. When Bowie (Carradine) is injured, he is nursed back to health by the sweet and simple Keechie (Duvall), beginning a tender but doomed romance. From the New Deal speeches and 1930s radio programs that comprise the diagetic score to the ubiquitous Coca-Cola bottles, Thieves like Us presents a poetic regional portrait. Courtesy Park Circus.

This film accompanies Robert Altman.

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