Crackers

1h 33m 1984

Brief Synopsis

Sutherland is an unemployed security guard who pals around with a cadre of assorted misfits in the Mission District of San All the group members know Warden, who owns a pawnshop, but that doesn't prevent their planning to rob his safe while he is visiting his mother.

Cast & Crew

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Louis Malle

Director

Sean Penn

Dillard

Christine Baranski

Maxine

Donald Sutherland

Weslake

Jack Warden

Garvey

Wallace Shawn

Turtle

Film Details

Also Known As
Kvartetten som sprängde
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Crime
Release Date
1984
Production Company
Universal Clearances; Universal Pictures
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Synopsis

Sutherland is an unemployed security guard who pals around with a cadre of assorted misfits in the Mission District of San All the group members know Warden, who owns a pawnshop, but that doesn't prevent their planning to rob his safe while he is visiting his mother.

Director

Louis Malle

Director

Cast

Sean Penn

Dillard

Christine Baranski

Maxine

Donald Sutherland

Weslake

Jack Warden

Garvey

Wallace Shawn

Turtle

Larry Riley

Boardwalk

Trinidad Silva

Ramon

Charlayne Woodard

Jasmine

Tasia Valenza

Maria

Professor Irwin Corey

Lazzarelli

Edouard Desoto

Don Fernande

Anna Maria Horsford

Slam Dunk

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Artiste

Marjorie Eaton

Mrs O'Malley

Edward Call

Officer Darney

Joseph Hindy

Officer Ronnie

Charles Bouvier

Cable Man

Richard Bright

1st Guy

Paul Drake

2nd Guy

Ed Corbett

Kurnitz

James Edward Bryan

Tyrone

James Richard Bryan

Tyrone

Darryl Henriques

Irate Motorist

Joe Bellan

Immigration Officer

Gary Ross

Immigration Officer

Maria Alcorcha

Mama

Sally Schaub

Cosmetic Lady

Elba Montes

Market Woman

Raymond Rios

Painter

Ed Call

Crew

Carolyn Abe

Assistant Editor

Jeff Angell

Makeup

Suzanne Baron

Editor

Ruth Blakeslee

Sound Editor

Charles Brown

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

John Buchanan

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Daniel Allen Carlin

Music Editor

Suso Cecchi D'amico

Other

Paul Chihara

Music

Robert Cortes

Producer

Patrick Cosgrove

2nd Assistant Director

Mickey Crofford

Sound Recording Mixer

Rick Dior

Sound Rerecording Mixer (Todd-Ao)

Susan Dugan

Wardrobe (Women)

Peter Michael Escovedo

Songs ("Suzi Plastic" "City Boy Lover")

Martha Estrella

Cultural Liaison (San Francisco)

Jeffrey Alan Fiskin

Screenwriter

Leroy Fleming

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Hal Gausman

Set Decorator

Susan Germaine

Hairstyles

Gregory Gerran

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Carol Green

2nd Assistant Director (San Francisco)

L Ham

Song ("London Town")

Vic Heutschy

Publicist

Mateel Hoppe

Assistant Editor

Robert L Hoyt

Sound Rerecording Mixer

Agenore Incrocci

Other

Curtis Johnson

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

David Katz

Videotape Operator

Judy Kayser

Other

Laszlo Kovacs

Dp/Cinematographer

Laszlo Kovacs

Director Of Photography

John Lehane

Other

Martin Levenstein

Sound Editor Associate

Edward Lewis

Producer

John J. Lloyd

Production Designer

Len Lookabaugh

Key Grip

Michael Mcdonald

Main Title Song Performer ("We Got More Than We Need")

Mario Monicelli

Other

Elba Montes

Community Liaison (San Francisco)

Deborah Nadoolman

Costume Designer

Hugo Pena

Wardrobe (Men)

James Quinn

1st Assistant Director

Morgan Renard

Stills

Larry Roberts

Special Effects

S Roberts

Songs ("Suzi Plastic" City Boy Lover" "London Town")

David Ronne

Sound Recording Mixer (Music)

Ed Sandford

Song ("We Got More Than We Need")

Furio Scarpelli

Other

Teri Schwartz

Unit Production Manager

Gail Showalter

Sound Editor

Robert M Stevens

Camera Operator

Daniel C Striepeke

Makeup

Bill Summers

Songs Performer ("Suzi Plastic" "City Boy Lover" "London Town")

Juliet Taylor

Casting

Donald Tillary

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Bob Watts

Costumes

Ricardo Wellman

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Jerry Wilder

Song ("Berro E Sombaro")

Karen Wookey

Script Supervisor

Film Details

Also Known As
Kvartetten som sprängde
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Crime
Release Date
1984
Production Company
Universal Clearances; Universal Pictures
Distribution Company
Universal Pictures
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 33m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Voted One of the Year's Ten Best Foreign Language Films by the 1960 New York Times Film Critics.

Released in United States February 1984

Released in United States Winter February 1, 1984

Shown at Lincoln Center, New York City in the series "A Roman Holiday" August 16, 1990.

Remake of "The Big Deal on Madonna Street" (1958) directed by Mario Monicelli.

Completed shooting January 1984.

Todd-AO

Released in United States February 1984 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States Winter February 1, 1984

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