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Burglar

1987, Movie, R, 102 mins

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Fans of Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr novels may be nonplussed to find the bookish burglar reinvented as Whoopi Goldberg in this trifling, obnoxious action picture. Bernice Rhodenbarr (Goldberg) is a habitual burglar recently released from prison. She works in a bookstore while trying to resist the temptation to return to crime. After a crooked retired cop (G.W. Bailey) shakes her down, she's forced to commit another burglary to get the payoff money. But the break-in ge... read more leave a comment
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A San Francisco thief-turned-bookseller who isn't above returning to her former profession is forced to play detective when she becomes a murder suspect.
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Length: 00:27
Posted: 3/17/2008
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Academy Award-winning superstar Whoopi Goldberg ("Sister Act," "Ghost") is the owner of a San Francisco bookstore who leads a secret life -- bookseller by day, thief by night. This audience-pleasing action-comedy is directed by Hugh Wilson ("Police Academy," TV's "WKRP") and based on a series of novels by Edgar-winning mystery author Lawrence Block. Co-starring John Goodman ("Roseanne"), stand-up comedian Bobcat Goldthwait ("Police Academy 3"), G.W. Bailey ("M*A*S*H") and Academy Award-nominee Lesley Ann Warren ("Victor/Victoria").
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Length: 01:42:07
Posted: 1/9/2009
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Academy Award-winning superstar Whoopi Goldberg ("Sister Act," "Ghost") is the owner of a San Francisco bookstore who leads a secret life -- bookseller by day, thief by night. This audience-pleasing action-comedy is directed by Hugh Wilson ("Police Academy," TV's "WKRP") and based on a series of novels by Edgar-winning mystery author Lawrence Block. Co-starring John Goodman ("Roseanne"), stand-up comedian Bobcat Goldthwait ("Police Academy 3"), G.W. Bailey ("M*A*S*H") and Academy Award-nominee Lesley Ann Warren ("Victor/Victoria").
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Length: 01:43:00
Posted: 9/30/2009
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Academy Award-winning superstar Whoopi Goldberg ("Sister Act," "Ghost") is the owner of a San Francisco bookstore who leads a secret life -- bookseller by day, thief by night. This audience-pleasing action-comedy is directed by Hugh Wilson ("Police Academy," TV's "WKRP") and based on a series of novels by Edgar-winning mystery author Lawrence Block. Co-starring John Goodman ("Roseanne"), stand-up comedian Bobcat Goldthwait ("Police Academy 3"), G.W. Bailey ("M*A*S*H") and Academy Award-nominee Lesley Ann Warren ("Victor/Victoria").
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Length: 01:43:00
Posted: 9/30/2009
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Year: 1987
Rated R

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Cast
Whoopi Goldberg: Bernice Rhodenbarr
Bobcat Goldthwait: Carl Hefler
G.W. Bailey: Ray Kirschman
Lesley Ann Warren: Dr. Cynthia Sheldrake
James Handy: Carson Verrill
Anne DeSalvo: Detective Todras

 

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