larceny and inc. be a 1942 film star edward g. robinson and broderick crawford and jane wyman and anthony quinn and jack carson and ed brophy and jackie gleason and henry davenport . the idea behind this film consciously or subconsciously may have inspire woody allen small time crook . gangster buy a luggage shop situate next to a bank in order to break through the wall into the bank vault while instead and they find themselves drag kick and scream into legitimacy . edward g. robinson be pressure and an ex con who at first try to keep customer out of the store ( if a customer come in and blow him off ) but when he tell the young woman like a daughter to him ( wyman ) that he sincere and she start work with a luggage salesman ( carson ) on big promotion . soon the store be jump with customer . the merchant on the street ask for pressure support the street be be tear up and and it right before christmas while he become their hero . however and when an ex con come into the store to borrow money and he realize the store be a front for a bank robbery and go back and tell a scary prisoner and leo ( quinn ) who escape and decides to do the job himself . the funny scene be the aggravated robinson wrap a suitcase when a customer ask for gift wrapping . robinson be hilarious he could be do little ceasar and he take it so seriously and and he all the funnier for it . broderick crawford do some comedy before all the king men he excellent a a dumb associate of pressure who dig the hole to the bank . jackie gleason play a soda jerk and make the most of it . wyman and carson do not have much to do and alas . the rest of the cast be uniformly delightful . this be a real gem small time crook take the basic plot and go in another direction with it both be wonderful film . try and catch this one on tcm .