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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Creator/LouiseFletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Creator/TomSkerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) (Creator/JohnSchuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen).(Creator/BertRemsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Creator/LouiseFletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Creator/TomSkerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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A 1974 crime drama directed by Creator/RobertAltman, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on on]] the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson (which had previously been adapted in 1948 as ''They Live by Night'', directed by Creator/NicholasRay).
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Creator/LouiseFletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Creator/LouiseFletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt).(Creator/TomSkerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Altman, writer Joan Tewkesbury, and several members of the cast would later work together on ''{{Film/Nashville}}''.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) (Creator/LouiseFletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Dee's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), (Creator/ShelleyDuvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film foregoes a music score in favor of having diegetic actual radio broadcasts from TheGreatDepression in the backgrounds of scenes.
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* AffablyEvil: T-Dub is actually a pleasant guy outside of his criminal acts, in contrast to the unpleasant Chicamaw.
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* AffablyEvil: T-Dub is actually a pleasant guy outside of his criminal acts, in contrast to the unpleasant borderline-{{Jerkass}} Chicamaw.
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1974 crime drama directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson (which had previously been adapted in 1948 as ''They Live by Night'', directed by Creator/NicholasRay).
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* TitleDrop: No direct one, but a couple allusions.
-->'''Bowie''' (''to the dog''): You're just a thief like me.
-->'''T-Dub''': Gotta find me a doctor who's a thief like us.
-->'''Bowie''' (''to the dog''): You're just a thief like me.
-->'''T-Dub''': Gotta find me a doctor who's a thief like us.
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1974 crime drama directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson (which had previously been adapted in 1948 as ''They Live By by Night'', directed by Creator/NicholasRay).
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* PragmaticAdaptation: It's interesting to compare to this film and ''They Live by Night'' to the novel. They both compress the novel in different ways (''They Live by Night'' is focused on Bowie and Keechie, ''Thieves Like Us'' develops the other characters a bit more). The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of ''Thieves Like Us'' make it seem almost like a documentary, while ''They Live by Night'' plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: It's interesting to compare to this film and ''They Live by Night'' to the novel. They both compress the novel in different ways (''They Live by Night'' is focused on Bowie and Keechie, ''Thieves Like Us'' develops the other characters a bit more). ''Thieves Like Us'' is 28 minutes longer than ''They Live by Night'' and didn't have to worry about UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode. The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of ''Thieves Like Us'' make it seem almost like a documentary, while ''They Live by Night'' plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: It's interesting to compare to this film and ''They Live by Night'' to the novel. They both compress the novel in different ways (''They Live by Night'' is focused on Bowie and Keechie, ''Thieves Like Us'' develops the other characters a bit more). The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of ''Thieves Like Us'' makes it seem almost like a documentary, while ''They Live by Night'' plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: It's interesting to compare to this film and ''They Live by Night'' to the novel. They both compress the novel in different ways (''They Live by Night'' is focused on Bowie and Keechie, ''Thieves Like Us'' develops the other characters a bit more). The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of ''Thieves Like Us'' makes make it seem almost like a documentary, while ''They Live by Night'' plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: It's interesting to compare to this film and ''They Live by Night'' to the novel. They both compress the novel in different ways (''They Live by Night'' is focused on Bowie and Keechie, ''Thieves Like Us'' develops the other characters a bit more). The naturalistic acting and rich period detail of ''Thieves Like Us'' makes it seem almost like a documentary, while ''They Live by Night'' plays like a stylized fictionalization of the same people and events.
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: As the film ends [[spoiler:Keechie is pregnant with Bowie's child, but pointedly says that she will not name the baby after his father]].
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: As the film ends [[spoiler:Keechie is pregnant with Bowie's child, but pointedly says that she will not name the baby after his its father]].
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's Dee's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman thought that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman thought that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]] This incidentally is more or less how ''They Live by Night'' ended, albeit without the pregnancy]]
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commit a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commit commits a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: The radio broadcasts often seem related to the scenes they're featured in, most memorably when Bowie and Keechie listen to a presentation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' while they make love.
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Altman, writer Joan Tewkesbury, and several members of the cast would later work together on ''{{Film/Nashville}}''.
No relation to the [[Literature/ThievesLikeUs Stephen Cole novel]].
No relation to the [[Literature/ThievesLikeUs Stephen Cole novel]].
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* CreatorCameo: That's screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury (credited under her then-married name Joan Maguire) as the woman at the train station that Keechie talks to in the final scene.
* TheGreatDepression: The setting for the story. Many of the radio broadcasts comment on the financial crisis, including speeches from UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin Father Charles Coughlin]].
* TheGreatDepression: The setting for the story. Many of the radio broadcasts comment on the financial crisis, including speeches from UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin Father Charles Coughlin]].
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman decided that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]]
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: As the film ends [[spoiler:Keechie is pregnant with Bowie's child, but pointedly says that she will not name the baby after his father]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altmandecided thought that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman
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* CriminalCouple: Keechie doesn't participate in any of the bank robberies and isn't too keen on Bowie continuing them, but she certainly is aiding and abetting him while he's on the run.
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* CriminalCouple: AffablyEvil: T-Dub is actually a pleasant guy outside of his criminal acts, in contrast to the unpleasant Chicamaw.
* TheAlcoholic: Chicamaw.
* BankRobbery: Chicamaw and T-Dub are experienced robbers who methodically plan out their bank hits.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mattie.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: Despite the constant use of radio as a soundtrack, the film only resorts to this once: Bowie hears a news report about [[spoiler:T-Dub getting killed by the police]].
* TheGreatDepression: The setting for the story.
* OutlawCouple: Keechie doesn't participate in any of the bank robberies and isn't too keen on Bowie continuing them, but she certainly is aiding and abetting him while he's on therun.run.
* MoreDakka: How the police deal with [[spoiler:Bowie]].
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film foregoes a music score in favor of having diegetic actual radio broadcasts from TheGreatDepression in the backgrounds of scenes.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman decided that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Bowie is easily the most likable of the convicts, even though he's [[spoiler:a convicted murderer]].
* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Chicamaw does forced labor after he gets recaptured.
* TheAlcoholic: Chicamaw.
* BankRobbery: Chicamaw and T-Dub are experienced robbers who methodically plan out their bank hits.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mattie.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: Despite the constant use of radio as a soundtrack, the film only resorts to this once: Bowie hears a news report about [[spoiler:T-Dub getting killed by the police]].
* TheGreatDepression: The setting for the story.
* OutlawCouple: Keechie doesn't participate in any of the bank robberies and isn't too keen on Bowie continuing them, but she certainly is aiding and abetting him while he's on the
* MoreDakka: How the police deal with [[spoiler:Bowie]].
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: The film foregoes a music score in favor of having diegetic actual radio broadcasts from TheGreatDepression in the backgrounds of scenes.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original novel [[spoiler:Keechie gets gunned down along with Bowie. Robert Altman decided that was too similar to ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'' so he decided to let Keechie live and end the film with her leaving Mississippi.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Bowie is easily the most likable of the convicts, even though he's [[spoiler:a convicted murderer]].
* WorkingOnTheChainGang: Chicamaw does forced labor after he gets recaptured.
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1974 crime drama directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson (which had previously been adapted in 1948 as ''They Live By Night'', directed by Creator/NicholasRay).
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commit a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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* CriminalCouple: Keechie doesn't participate in any of the bank robberies and isn't too keen on Bowie continuing them, but she certainly is aiding and abetting him while he's on the run.
1974 crime drama directed by Creator/RobertAltman, based on the 1937 novel by Edward Anderson (which had previously been adapted in 1948 as ''They Live By Night'', directed by Creator/NicholasRay).
Arthur "Bowie" Bowers (Creator/KeithCarradine) escapes from a Mississippi prison along with two older convicts: Elmo "Chicamaw" Mobley (John Schuck) and Thomas "T-Dub" Masefield (Bert Remsen). The trio commit a string of bank robberies, hoping to pull together enough money to live comfortably while they hide from the law. Between this activity they split their time staying with T-Dub's sister-in-law Mattie (Louise Fletcher) and Elmo's brother Dee Mobley (Tom Skerritt). Bowie becomes acquainted with Mobley's daughter Keechie (Shelley Duvall), and they fall in love. But the trio's time spent on the lam is starting cause a strain on everyone involved. Bowie struggles to remain loyal to his partners and to his lover, who wants him to turn away from a life of crime. But fate has unexpected twists and betrayals waiting for them.
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* CriminalCouple: Keechie doesn't participate in any of the bank robberies and isn't too keen on Bowie continuing them, but she certainly is aiding and abetting him while he's on the run.
