James Caan

Tuesday Weld

Robert Prosky

Willie Nelson

Jim Belushi

Tom Signorelli

Dennis Farina

Nick Nickeas

W.R. Brown

Norm Tobin

John Santucci

Gavin MacFadyen

Chuck Adamson

Sam Cirone

Spero Anast

Walter Scott

Sam T. Louis

William LaValley

Lora Staley

Hal Frank

Del Close

Bruce A. Young

John Kapelos

Mike Genovese

Joan Lazzerini

Beverly Somerman

Enrico R. Cannataro

Mary Louise Wade

Donna J. Fenton

Thomas Giblin

Willie Hayes

Conrad Mocarski

Benny Turner

William Petersen

Steve Randolph

Nancy Santucci

Nathan Davis

Thomas O. Erhart Jr.

Fredric Stone

Robert J. Kuper

Joene Hanhardt

Marge Kotlisky

J. Jay Saunders

Susan McCormick

Karen Berger

Michael Paul Chan

Tom Howard

Richard Karie

Oscar DiLorenzo

Patty Ross

Margot Charlior

Michael Mann

Frank Hohimer

Jerry Bruckheimer

Ronnie Caan

Donald E. Thorin

Dov Hoenig

Richard Brams

Vic Ramos

Mel Bourne

Mary Dodson

Michael Molly

Larry Carow

David B. Cohn

Samuel C. Crutcher

Robert Glass

Scott A. Hecker

Chris Jenkins

Robert Knudson

Don MacDougall

Jerry Stanford

Jodie Lynn Tillen

Joe Acord

Johnny Lattanzio

Bill MacSems

Barton M. Susman

Gary A. Hecker

David M. Ronne

Robert R. Rutledge

John B. Schuyler

Craig S. Jaeger

Joseph A. Ippolito

George H. Anderson

Russel Hessey

Norman Blankenship

H.P. Evetts

Craig Denault

Alan R. Disler

Jack Lee Gary

Michael Genne

Daniel R. Jordan

James Zenk

Lisa Clarkson

Stanzi Stokes

Paula Cain

Dennis Fill

Donah Bassett

Dick Bernstein

Aubrey Head

Patrick Markey

Michael J. Maschio

Larry Rapaport

Bob Badami

Craig Safan

Sandy King

Bo Falck

Arnold Goodwin

Wilbur Hopp

Art Schaefer

Florian Schereck

Robert Werden

Lisbeth Wynn-Owen

Sidney Beckerman

Scott Maitland

John M. Dwyer

Frank Griffin

Edie Panda

Kathe Swanson

Gene Levy

Peter Bogart

Richard Graves

Dan Gianneschi

Frank Miller

James Blanford

Don Cahill

Wendell Powell

Richard Hart

Larry Whitehead

Robin Alan Knight

Julie A. Chandler

J. Paul Huntsman

John Stagnitta

Carol Eastman

Duffy Rutledge

Craig Harris

Ronnie Baker

Billy Martin

James Sharp

Lillian Neidenberg

Larry Hand

Edgar Froese

Christopher Franke

Johannes Schmölling

Crime

Thriller

Action

Thief

Mann/Caan Productions

United Artists

United States of America

English

You are making big profits from my work, my risk, my sweat. 

Thief is written and directed by Michael Mann, who adapts the screenplay form the novel "The Home Invaders" written by Frank Hohimer. It stars James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, James Belushi and Willie Nelson. Music is by Tangerine Dream and cinematography by Donald Thorin. 

Frank (Caan) is a tough ex-con and expert jewel thief. He's working his way out to a normal life, but after being lured to a big job for the mob, he finds plans on both sides severely altered. 

For his first full length theatrical feature, Michael Mann announced himself to the film world with some distinction, and in the process showed everyone what style of film making makes him tick. Thief is a film of stylised grit, visually, thematically and narratively. Set and filmed in Chicago, Mann, aided by Thorin, shoots the story through pure neo-noir filters. 

At nighttime it is all a beautifully neon drenched haze, where the streets shimmer with dampness, a dampness brought about by the rain and god knows what else! By day there's a sweaty hue, a feeling that the heat is well and truly on, that even in daylight Frank isn't safe, his dreams may be a touch too far to reach. And no matter what the scene or scenario, Tangerine Dream are laying over the top a throbbing pulse beat, it's like The Warriors trying to get back to Coney Island, the music has a sense of dread about it, that danger is at every corner. 

This part of Chicago stinks, it's a vile and corrupt place. Dirty cops everywhere, underworld criminals ruling the roost - Hell! You can even buy a baby if you want one. Is it any wonder that Frank just wants to settle down with a wife and child, to walk barefooted in the sea, to have domesticity? But Frank, as smart, tough and savvy as he is, seems to thrive on the edge of things, with Mann giving him earthy and honest dialogue to engage us with, marking him out as an identifiable everyman protagonist who just happens to be an exceptional thief. 

Mann's attention to detail is on show straight away, none more so than with the two key safe cracking jobs that are undertaken. Using genuine jewel thieves as technical advisers on the film, these sequences ooze realism, from the tools used, the pre-planning and the execution of the takes, it smacks of reality and does justice to the genuine feel of the characterisations brought alive by the superb cast. And finally Mann delivers a finale of ambiguity, a noir shaded piece of abruptness, an ending that perfectly fits the whole production. 9/10

Seen this one before but decided to do another watch at random. Really great crime-thriller with James Caan perfect alongside Michael Mann's masterful direction and writing. Not quite to the level of something like Heat but probably just below. One of the best heist films ever of the ones I've seen. **4.5/5**

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