Thieves Like Us

…and the period details in Thieves Like Us (1974), Altman’s adaptation of Edward Anderson’s 1937 novel about a Bonnie-and-Clyde-like gang of bank robbers. Others felt the film fell short of Nicholas Ray’s treatment of the same source material in They Live by Night (1949). California Split (1974) was a loosely…

… persuaded Fletcher to appear in Thieves Like Us (1974). Her portrayal of a capable mother who initially shelters bank robbers but eventually works with the police caught the attention of director Miloš Forman, and he cast her as Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest. In addition to…