Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Cast:
Edward G. Robinson - J. Chalmers "Pressure" Maxwell
Jane Wyman - Denny Costello
Broderick Crawford - Jug Martin
Jack Carson - Jeff Randolph
Anthony Quinn - Leo Dexter
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April 25, 1942
THE SCREEN; Edward G. Robinson Resumes Flashy Underworld Career in Warner Farce Film 'Larceny, Inc.,' Now Showing at Stand
By BOSLEY CROWTHER
Published: April 25, 1942
You can't say that Edward G. Robinson doesn't try hard enough to go straight. In his last three or four motion pictures, he has played more or less "legitimate" roles, and again in the Warners "Larceny, Inc.," which came yesterday to the Strand, he does everything within reason to stay honest and keep his nose clean. But how, without stooping a little, is a bird just out of Sing Sing to raise some scratch? And who can expect the Warners to keep Mr. Robinson forever straight? "Larceny, Inc." finds him again on the shady side of the street And, considering the fact that the traffic is very hectic and amusing over there, it is a passing pleasure to see him back with the mob.
As "Pressure" Maxwell, Mr. Robinson is a neat hand at blowing safes and such. But when he dresses up as J. Chalmers Maxwell, he is definitely in the gilt-edge and blue-chip class. However, J. Chalmers's credit is very low after a stretch "away at camp," so "Pressure" has to take over briefly to catch his alter ego some coin. The situation calls for strategy; there is a bank with a vault full of gold. But "Pressure" is against "that Jesse James stuff; so the job must be done with finesse. Thus "Pressure" and his boys—played very amusingly by Broderick Crawford and Edward Brophy—purchase a little luggage shop directly next door to the bank and start an excavation in the basement with a definite aim in view.
That is the point of departure. And the remainder of the film is concerned with the farcical complications which constantly interrupt the digging job. There are very solicitous neighbors, a luggage salesman keeps popping in (the lug!), the boys acquire a taste for merchandising and finally a rival bank robber shows up. Needless to say, the conclusion is marked by a definite lift.
"Larceny, Inc." is taken from the play, "The Night Before Christmas," and, unfortunately, some of the faults of the original are still apparent in it. It is somewhat forced, somewhat obvious and there are repetitious stretches here and there. Also the dialogue is not quite as brisk and clever as such farce dialogue should be. But the characters are whimsically assorted and generally well played by such old hands as Mr. Crawford, Mr. Brophy, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, John Qualen and others on down the line. And Mr. Robinson, as usual, is a beautifully hard-boiled yegg. The principal joy is to watch him. His "Pressure" cooks with gas.
LARCENY, INC.; screen play by Everett Freeman and Edwin Gilbert; based on the play, "The Night Before Christmas," by Laura and S. J. Perelman; directed by Lloyd Bacon for Warner Brothers. At the Strand.
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