Thieves Like Us
by Edward Andersonliterary work· published 1937
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Thieves Like Us is the second and last published novel written by Edward Anderson (1905–1969). It was published in 1937 by Frederick A. Stokes. In a 1974 review of a paperback reissue, The New York Times wrote that "nothing in the book has been diminished by time, including the sentiment of a bank robber named T-Dub Masefeld that bankers are 'thieves just like us.'" See: Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s by Robert Polito (editor), The Library of America (1997). Anderson sold the movie rights for $500. The first film version, a black-and-white production by RKO Radio Pictures, was called They Live by Night. It had a delayed premiere in 1950.
Adaptations (2)
Thieves Like Us has been adapted into 2 films, from 1948 to 1974.
They Live by Night1948 · film · 95 min · dir. Nicholas Ray · IMDb ↗An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Thieves Like Us1974 · film · 123 min · dir. Robert Altman · IMDb ↗Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.
