poster

Burglar (1987)

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.

Released March 20, 1987 103 min 17+

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Keywords: tmdb.bookshop, tmdb.suspicion-of-murder, tmdb.thief, tmdb.burglar, mdblist.rotten, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, mdblist.has-trailer + 184 more, imdb.overhearing-sex, imdb.dentist, imdb.nightclub, imdb.san-francisco-california, imdb.hiding-in-a-closet, imdb.burglar, imdb.murder, imdb.bookstore, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.ex-convict, imdb.thief, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.disguise, imdb.motorcycle, imdb.investigation, imdb.framed-for-murder, imdb.amateur-detective, imdb.african-american-protagonist, imdb.bisexual-man, imdb.home-invasion, imdb.woman-wears-sunglasses, imdb.safecracker, imdb.friendship, imdb.police-officer, imdb.blackmail, imdb.african-american, imdb.bar, imdb.jealousy, imdb.stabbed-to-death, imdb.burglar-alarm, imdb.lawyer, imdb.jail, imdb.artist, imdb.breaking-and-entering, imdb.fog, imdb.jewellery, imdb.car-motorcycle-chase, imdb.attempted-drowning, imdb.hysterical-woman, imdb.reference-to-johnny-carson, imdb.loud-sex, imdb.corpse, imdb.attempted-murder, imdb.detective, imdb.fistfight, imdb.drinking, imdb.womanizer, imdb.falling-down-stairs, imdb.bartender, imdb.jogging, imdb.bald-man, imdb.boxing, imdb.breaking-down-a-door, imdb.picking-a-lock, imdb.meat-cleaver, imdb.aquarium, imdb.rare-stamp, imdb.poodle, imdb.jumping-from-rooftop-to-rooftop, imdb.escape, imdb.rain, imdb.revolver, imdb.taxi, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.car-crash, imdb.held-at-gunpoint, imdb.suitcase, imdb.morgue, imdb.answering-machine, imdb.counterfeiting, imdb.interrogation-room, imdb.hysterical-man, imdb.doberman, imdb.mink-coat, imdb.recording-a-conversation, imdb.olive-oil, imdb.punched-in-the-groin, imdb.police, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, soundmix.dolby-stereo, aspectratio.1-85-1, imdb.white-male-black-female-friendship, imdb.professional-burglar, imdb.professional-female-burglar, imdb.handler, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.woman-orgasms, imdb.male-female-fight-scene, imdb.female-burglar, imdb.corrupt-ex-cop, imdb.male-female-police-partners, imdb.woman-listening-to-a-couple-having-sex, imdb.wrongfully-accused-of-murder, imdb.woman-wears-boxer-shorts, imdb.woman-spying-on-couple-having-sex, imdb.female-peeping-tom, imdb.wife-wrongfully-accused-of-husband-s-murder, imdb.ex-wife-wrongfully-accused-of-ex-husband-s-murder, imdb.crooked-lawyer, imdb.hiding-in-closet, imdb.failing-to-kick-the-door-down, imdb.falling-down-the-stairs, imdb.female-cat-burglar, imdb.profanity, imdb.police-interrogation, imdb.man-manhandles-a-woman, imdb.professional-artist, imdb.rambling, imdb.new-age-art, imdb.sex-joke, imdb.woman-in-leather-jacket, imdb.man-throws-a-woman-to-the-floor, imdb.dobermann, imdb.suitcase-full-of-money, imdb.reference-to-star-wars, imdb.guard-dog, imdb.trying-to-clear-name, imdb.cat-burglar, imdb.murder-investigation, imdb.cop-moustache, imdb.art-gallery, imdb.bar-crawl, imdb.chopping-meat, imdb.payphone, imdb.female-dentist, imdb.synth-soundtrack, imdb.white-man-says-he-is-black, imdb.soaking-wet, imdb.threatening-someone, imdb.crawling-through-an-air-duct, imdb.counterfeit-money, imdb.female-burglar-as-protagonist, imdb.italian-diner, imdb.kind-hearted-criminal, imdb.female-criminal-as-protagonist, imdb.chewing-gum, imdb.fur-coat, imdb.female-cop, imdb.police-sting, imdb.kind-hearted-female-criminal, imdb.cop-chewing-gum, imdb.criminal-as-protagonist, imdb.burglar-as-protagonist, imdb.african-american-female-protagonist, imdb.raw-chicken, imdb.police-racism, imdb.stealing-a-police-motorcycle, imdb.police-car-crash, imdb.car-pov-shot, imdb.police-chase, imdb.hiding-in-a-secret-room, imdb.car-chase, imdb.alarm-trigger, imdb.police-raid, imdb.secret-room, imdb.closeted-gay, imdb.gay-killer, imdb.murder-confession, imdb.wired, imdb.tricked-into-confessing, imdb.gay-affair, imdb.saved-by-a-bag, imdb.set-up, imdb.reference-to-barry-manilow, imdb.bar-fly, imdb.book-store, imdb.song-during-end-credits, imdb.gay-villain, imdb.royal-poodle, imdb.drowning-someone, imdb.stolen-stamp, imdb.fence, imdb.gun, imdb.bathing-a-dog, imdb.reference-to-cabbage-patch-dolls, imdb.shoplifter, imdb.reference-to-elvis-presley, imdb.reference-to-los-angeles, imdb.reference-to-new-york, imdb.caught-shoplifting, imdb.racist-slur, imdb.neo-noir, imdb.based-on-series-of-novels, imdb.plot-twist

Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Nelvana Limited

Country: Canada
Production Countries: Canada, United States
Languages: English

44
5.1
/5029/
61
/163/
51
/103/
2.7
/1751/
27
/11/
39
/91/
trailer
Runtime: 103 min.
Released: March 20, 1987
Status: Released
Certification: R / 17+

REFRESH DATA
Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago
Next update: 1 month, 3 weeks from now
JustWatch