Small Time Crooks
| Small Time Crooks | |
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| Directed by | Woody Allen |
| Written by | Woody Allen |
| Produced by | Jean Doumanian |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Zhao Fei |
| Edited by | Alisa Lepselter |
Production company | Sweetland Films |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $29.9 million |
Small Time Crooks is a 2000 American crime-comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Allen, Hugh Grant, Elaine May and Tracey Ullman. The picture's plot has some similarities to that of the 1942 comedy Larceny, Inc.
Small Time Crooks was the highest-grossing film directed by Allen at the North American box office between 1989's Crimes and Misdemeanors and 2005's Match Point. The film also received positive reviews from critics.
Allen has never said whether the film's similarity to Larceny, Inc. was deliberate or if his film was in any way inspired by it. The plot also parallels episodes of at least two American TV series: Gomer Pyle ("Dynamite Diner") and Car 54, Where Are You? ("The White Elephant").