Larceny, Inc.
| Larceny, Inc. | |
|---|---|
1942 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Screenplay by | Everett Freeman Edwin Gilbert |
| Based on | The Night Before Christmas 1941 play by Laura Perelman S.J. Perelman |
| Starring | Edward G. Robinson Jane Wyman Broderick Crawford Jack Carson Anthony Quinn |
| Cinematography | Tony Gaudio |
| Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Larceny, Inc. is a 1942 American crime comedy film. Originally released on May 2, 1942, by Warner Bros., the film is a cross between comedy and gangster genres. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, the film stars Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, and Jack Carson, and features Anthony Quinn, and Edward Brophy. This was the third and final collaboration between Bacon and Robinson, having previously made the crime comedies A Slight Case of Murder (1938) and Brother Orchid (1940).
The film is based on the play The Night Before Christmas by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman.