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A Balasaur Score of 45 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 27%. Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. Most of the 436 1980s crime movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes27%
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
109 audience votes
Key crew
- Matthew WeismanWriter
- Jeph LoebWriter
- Hugh WilsonWriter
- Hugh WilsonDirector
- Sylvester LevayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Whoopi GoldbergBernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
- Bobcat GoldthwaitCarl Hefler
- G.W. BaileyRay Kirschman
- Lesley Ann WarrenDr. Cynthia Sheldrake
- John GoodmanDetective Nyswander
- Vyto RuginisK.E. Graybow
- James HandyCarson Verrill
- Anne DeSalvoDetective Todras
- Elizabeth RuscioFrankie
- Larry MintzVincent 'Knobby' DiCarno
- Raye BirkThe Jogger
- Eric PoppickDeliveryman
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Themes
bookshopburglarsuspicion of murderthief