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Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir heist action thriller film directed and written by Michael Mann in his feature film debut and starring James Caan in the title role, a professional safecracker trying to escape his life of crime, and Tuesday Weld as his wife.
Mar 27, 1981 · Thief: Directed by Michael Mann. With James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi. After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists.
- (40K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Mann
- 1981-03-27
James Caan stars as a professional thief who falls in love and gets involved in a dangerous heist in Chicago. Roger Ebert praises the film's style, substance, and emotion, and calls it one of the most intelligent thrillers he's seen.
A highly skilled jewel thief, Frank (James Caan) longs to leave his dangerous trade and settle down with his girlfriend, Jessie (Tuesday Weld).
- (84)
- Michael Mann
- R
- James Caan
Finding hypnotic beauty in neon and rain-slick streets, sparks and steel, Thief effortlessly established the moody stylishness and tactile approach to action that would also define such later iconic entertainments from Mann as Miami Vice, Manhunter, and Heat.
- Frank
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With a pair of successful Chicago businesses (a bar and a car dealership) as fronts for his lucrative criminal enterprise, Frank sets out to fulfill the missing part of his life vision: a family beginning with Jessie (Tuesday Weld), a pretty cashier he has begun dating.
