A group of criminals daringly escape from prison in depression-era Mississippi. They survive by robbing banks and hole up with a gas station attendant where injured Bowie (Keith Carradine, Nashville) falls in love with the attendant's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall, 3 Women). Made within one of the great runs of back-to-back classics by any filmmaker, Robert Altman followed multi-award-winning classics like M*A*S*H and The Long Goodbye with Thieves Like Us, an adaptation of Edward Anderson's pulp novel. Previously adapted by Nicholas Ray as They Live by Night, Altman's film takes a more faithful approach to the source material, preserving the original tone and period of the novel, going back to historical and American myth themes that Altman mined so brilliantly in his earlier McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Critically praised, noted critic Pauline Kael described it as "the closest to flawless of Altman's films - a masterpiece."
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 123 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, PCM Mono, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Robert Altman (director), Documentaries: 'Geoff Andrew (critic) on 'Thieves Like Us'', Image Gallery, Interviews: Joan Tewkesbury (screenwriter), Keith Carradine (actor), Two classic radio plays featured in the film: 'The Shadow' written by and starring Orson Welles and 'Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police' starring Ed Gardner, Trailers