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Thieves Like Us

Jul 7—Jul 8, 2024
    Part of
  • Two Women: Early Films of Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duval
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Directed by Robert Altman (1974)
With Shelley Duvall, Keith Carradine, John Schuck

Robert Altman co-wrote and directed this affecting film set in 1930 Mississippi, starring Keith Carradine as one of three escaped convicts who become desperado bank robbers. Based on the novel of the same name, Thieves Like Us co-stars Shelley Duvall as Keechie, a garageman’s daughter, and John Schuck as Chicamaw, a trigger-happy escaped convict.

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      Peter Jay Sharp Building
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