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The Heisters

The Heisters

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The Heisters

1965

0h 10m

6.5(11 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

The teenage Tobe Hooper’s first film was a slapstick comedy. This farcical low-budget short is about three thieves who are wanted dead or alive. A bit Three Stooges, a bit Chaplin and a bit Keaton!

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3 featured cast members

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Tom Billups

Hune Boone

Norris Domingue

Angelo Thraxini

Larry Ray

Villamosh Anousslavsky

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Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Written by: Tobe Hooper
Michael England
Produced by: Tobe Hooper
Michael England

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