Palookaville is a 1995 American crime comedy film directed by Alan Taylor (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David Epstein.

It stars William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, and Frances McDormand.

[2] Palookaville premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 1995, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 25, 1996, by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Despite a bungled jewelry store heist that exposes their incompetence, they are convinced they can pull off an armored-truck robbery.

At the time of its release, Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times.