USA,
1981, 118 min
(Director's cut: 124 min)
Directed by:
Michael MannScreenplay:
Michael MannCinematography:
Donald E. ThorinComposer:
Tangerine DreamCast:
James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, Howard Hesseman, William Petersen, Michael Paul Chan (more)Plots(1)
In THIEF, James Caan plays Frank, a top-notch jewel thief who has done his time in prison and now dreams of the good life. For him, that means a wife, kids, a house, and a car rather than a dangerous life of crime. However, by signing on to a final big-time heist for the mob, Frank unwittingly makes himself invaluable to his powerful underworld employers, who have no intention of letting him retire. Soon Frank finds himself trailed by both the mob and the police, unable to escape to the new life he so desperately wants. (official distributor synopsis)
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