Disorganized Crime

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Disorganized Crime
Movie poster for Disorganized Crime
Directed by	Jim Kouf
Written by	Jim Kouf
Starring	Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Corbin Bernsen, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Roebuck, Hoyt Axton
Release date(s)	1989
Running time	98 min
Country	United States
Language	English
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Released in 1989, Disorganized Crime is a movie set in Montana, which was written and directed by Jim Kouf. It stars the late Fred Gwynne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ruben Blades, William Russ, Corbin Bernsen, Ed O'Neill, Daniel Roebuck, and Hoyt Axton. It is a comedy revolving around a bank heist.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Memorable Quotes
5 Goofs
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Four likeable crooks who do not know each other turn up at a lonely hideout cabin where one Frank Salazar is supposed to be waiting for them, presumably because he wants them to take part in a bank robbery. However, they do not know that Salazar has not been able to come because he was arrested by two cops. After a number of minor obstacles have been overcome the four decide to go ahead with the bank heist without Salazar, thus facing, of course, lots of highly amusing difficulties.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Fred Gwynne	Max Green (crook)
Lou Diamond Phillips	Ray Forgy (crook)
Ruben Blades	Carlos Barrios (crook)
William Russ	Nick Bartkowski (crook)
Corbin Bernsen	Frank Salazar (crook)
Ed O'Neill	George Denver (cop)
Daniel Roebuck	Bill Lonigan (cop)
Hoyt Axton	Sheriff Henault

[edit] Trivia

Tagline: Five crooks without a plan. Two cops without a clue. And one bank vault without a scratch.
( Spoiler Warning!) In the first draft of the film, the gang actually meet their leader Frank, which they never do in the final version of the movie. Thus the movie poster (see above) gets an ironic touch.
In Jim Kouf's first draft, the ending was actually the exposition of the film.
The movie was shot in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana.
There are two different cover versions on the DVD. On the American one, we see all the crooks standing in front of the cabin, which does not exactly fit because they never meet there.
The (somewhat inappropriate) German title of the film is Im Tresor ist die Hoelle los, which translates into All Hell Breaks Loose in the Strongroom.
Jim Kouf also wrote the screenplay of Stakeout, a movie which is very similar in regard to its mixture of comedy and action. However, in Stakeout the cops are the good guys.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

RAY: This is one helluva hideout. We can't even find it.
NICK: This is a bad sign Frank not bein' here. A bad sign. I don't like startin' jobs with bad signs.
MAX: The smartest thing I ever did was to stop workin' with stupid people.
CARLOS: Let me ask you a really stupid question: Did Frank show up?
CARLOS: The only reason I'm goin' through with this is so I can kick Nick's ass once we've got the money. Then I'm gonna run over him with the new car. - MAX: It's good to have a goal in life.
The deputy looks at Carlos and rolls down his car window. CARLOS: Hi. (the officer remains silent.) - I'm kinda lost.

[edit] Goofs

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Nick Bartkowski (aka William Russ) buys a cold Coca Cola can and holds it close to a bruise next to his eye. We never learn what that is supposed to refer to. However, in the first draft of the movie Nick is roughed up by some cops, one of which punches him in the face. This scene may have been shot but was obviously excluded from the final film.