Thief
Tonight, his take home pay is $410,000... tax free.
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- Action
- Drama
- Crime
- Thriller
Overview
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Keywords
- neo-noir
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- burglar
- rain
- gangster
- critical
- electronic music score
- assertive
- harsh
- thief
- chicago
- illinois
- awestruck
- diamond heist
- dirty cop
- convict
- violence
- ex-con
- ambiguous
- car dealer
- police surveillance
- safe
- provocative
- suspenseful
- idealist
- safecracker
- shadowing
- error
- commanding
- chicago, illinois
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 27, 1981
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- United Artists,Mann/Caan Productions
- Cast
- James Caan,Tuesday Weld,Robert Prosky,Willie Nelson,Jim Belushi,Tom Signorelli,Dennis Farina,Nick Nickeas,W.R. Brown,Norm Tobinand 41 more
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Writer
- Michael Mann,Frank Hohimer
- Producer
- Michael Mann,Jerry Bruckheimer,Ronnie Caan
- Cinematography
- Donald E. Thorin
- Budget
- $5,500,000
- Revenue
- $11,494,812
- IMDb
- tt0083190