Burglar
1987 · Movie · R · 103 min · ★ 5.2 · 32% critics
A bookstore owner who still pulls off the occasional burglary gets trapped in a murder investigation after a routine job goes very wrong. With the police closing in, she uses her street smarts and thief’s instincts to find the real culprit and stay out of jail.
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-03-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 32/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (106 votes)
About
You might enjoy this if you like breezy 80s crime comedies with a sarcastic antihero and light mystery vibes, somewhere near Fatal Beauty or Flypaper; Not for you if you want sharp laughs or a tight thriller.
Pros: lively lead presence; fun crime setup; rewatchable guilty pleasure | Cons: uneven tone; weak laughs; predictable mystery
Themes
- bookshop
- burglar
- suspicion of murder
- thief
Cast & crew
Whoopi Goldberg
as Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
Bobcat Goldthwait
as Carl Hefler
G.W. Bailey
as Ray Kirschman
Lesley Ann Warren
as Dr. Cynthia Sheldrake
John Goodman
as Detective Nyswander
Vyto Ruginis
as K.E. Graybow
James Handy
as Carson Verrill
Anne DeSalvo
as Detective Todras
Elizabeth Ruscio
as Frankie
- LM
Larry Mintz
as Vincent 'Knobby' DiCarno
Directed by Hugh Wilson