Burglar (1987)
A first rate comedy about a second story woman.
Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful burglary, it's discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled. As she's the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime, she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder AND avoid getting charged with the burglary.
- Date of release
- 1987-03-20
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (111)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Director
- Hugh Wilson
Casting
- Whoopi Goldberg — Bernice 'Bernie' Rhodenbarr
- Bobcat Goldthwait — Carl Hefler
- G.W. Bailey — Ray Kirschman
- Lesley Ann Warren — Dr. Cynthia Sheldrake
- John Goodman — Detective Nyswander
- Vyto Ruginis — K.E. Graybow
- James Handy — Carson Verrill
- Anne DeSalvo — Detective Todras
- Elizabeth Ruscio — Frankie
- Larry Mintz — Vincent 'Knobby' DiCarno
- Raye Birk — The Jogger
- Eric Poppick — Deliveryman
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