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Too Many Crooks is a British film of genre Comedy directed by George King with Laurence Olivier

Too Many Crooks (1930)

Too Many Crooks
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Length 38minutes
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Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating62% 3.148333.148333.148333.148333.14833

Too Many Crooks is a 1930 British comedy crime film directed by George King and starring Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Boyd and Arthur Stratton. A man tries to burgle his own safe, the same night as a professional criminal also attempts to break into it.

The film is currently missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.



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^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/54811

^ Too Many Crooks - 75 Most Wanted BFI National Archives

Synopsis

Un homme décide de cambrioler sa femme, mais un vrai cambrioleurs a décidé de faire la même chose le même soir.

Actors

Laurence Olivier

(The Boy)Dorothy Boyd

(The Girl)Ellen Pollock

(The Other Girl)
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