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Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir [4] [5] heist film written and directed by Michael Mann in his feature film debut. It stars James Caan as a professional safecracker trying to escape his life of crime, and Tuesday Weld as his wife.
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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Mann
- 1981-03-27
The movie stars James Caan as a man who says he was “raised by the state” and spent eleven years in prison. As the movie opens, he’s been free four years, and lives in Chicago. He is a highly skilled professional thief — a trade he learned behind bars from Okla (Willie Nelson), a master thief. The film’s opening sequence establishes ...
A highly skilled jewel thief, Frank (James Caan) longs to leave his dangerous trade and settle down with his girlfriend, Jessie (Tuesday Weld).
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- Michael Mann
- R
- James Caan
Director Michael Mann recalls how Thief came to exist, and discusses the film's visual style (and specifically the unique treatment of light and shadow), casting process, and the film's...
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- Visual Storytellers
Mar 21, 2014 · After years of writing for television and cutting his directorial teeth on the 1979 TV movie The Jericho Mile, Michael Mann made his feature film debut with Thief (1981), a cool, gritty crime movie starring James Caan as the head of a high-end crew of professional safecrackers.
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Original theatrical trailer for the 1981 film THIEF, directed by Michael Mann. Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, James Belushi, Willie Nelson.
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- Cinematic Movie Trailers