Drawing from David W. Maurer's Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pickpockets with Their Behavior Pattern (1955), Meloy equips the whiz mob with authentic pickpocket slang that effectually functions as coded speech — a detail sure to delight kids enamored by the clandestine. (booklistonline.com)
The filmmakers began working with Argot Pictures for the release over the summer. (deadline.com)
Johnson rehearsed his actors for three months, urging them to read Hammett's novels, and they deliver this studied argot with unflappable conviction. (chicagoreader.com)