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Directed by | Bill Forsyth |
Produced by | Harry Gittes |
Written by | John Sayles |
Starring | Burt Reynolds Casey Siemaszko Lorraine Toussaint |
Music by | Michael Gibbs |
Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
Editing by | Michael Ellis |
Studio | Act III Communications |
Distributed by | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
Release date(s) | October 13, 1989 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6,000,000[1] |
Box office | $1,877,618[2] |
Breaking In is a 1989 American crime comedy film directed by Bill Forsyth, and written by John Sayles. It stars Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko and Lorraine Toussaint. It is a movie about how professional small-time criminals live and practice their trades.
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Ernie Mullins (Burt Reynolds) is an old-pro safecracker from New York who is operating now in Portland, Oregon. Mike (Casey Siemaszko), is the "nosy, amiable kid" that Ernie takes on as his lookout and apprentice. Ernie is content to live in a tract home on the fringe of the city but the kid can't resist flashing his new wealth. Casey Siemaszko gives Mike a wide-eyed furtiveness; he resembles Michael J. Pollard in Bonnie and Clyde."[3]
Ernie maintains a steady, paying relationship with a prostitute, Delphine (Lorraine Toussaint), who fixes Mike up with her apprentice, Carrie (Sheila Kelley). The film also features a pair of retired crooks, Ernie's card-playing pals, Johnny (Albert Salmi) and Shoes (Harry Carey), and a pair of adversarial lawyers (Maury Chaykin and Stephen Tobolowsky).
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