The Alarmist

The Alarmist (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

It's a nasty world out there. Rampant crime is everywhere. There's a burglary committed every 10 seconds in America, and 60% of all rapes are committed by burglars.

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Also known as Life During Wartime, The Alarmist is wacky fun mired in sheer oddity. For starters, why is the video title different than the theatrical title? Why do these characters act so strangely? Probably because the...

The Alarmist starts as a modified Robin Hood where "the den" is a circa 1954 sushi restaurant, and the merry men have been compressed into several burglar alarm salespeople bent on income redistribution. Anyone familiar with Los Angeles will realize the timeliness of their "rob the rich" scam in which Heinrich Grigoris (Greg Tucci) boosts the sales of his alarms by staging robberies in the neighborhoods of potential clients. The twist in Grigoris' scheme is Tommy, the new salesman played with adorable, bumbling style by David Arquette. A natural at the hook, the Tommy's moral sensibilities are deeply troubled by Grigoris' less-than-honest sales strategy, which he markets to Tommy under the "rob the rich to feed the poor" label. While Grigoris feeds scruple-free off of the paranoid West Los Angeles psyche, Tommy complicates the plot until even Robin Hood risks entrapment.

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Audience score: 15%

Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman and is an instant success, until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.

The Alarmist movie trailer. Starring David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw and Ryan Reynolds. Released in 1998.

The Alarmist, also known as Life During Wartime, is a 1997 film written and directed by Evan Dunsky, starring David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, with Kate Capshaw and Ryan Reynolds. The film is an adaptation of a play written by Keith Reddin.

Directed by Evan Dunsky. With David Arquette, Stanley Tucci, Kate Capshaw, Mary McCormack. Young Tommy Hudler decides to become a security systems salesman, and is an instant success. Everything seems to be going great until he discovers there's more to this business and his boss Heinrich than he previously suspected.