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  • Actors: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky
  • Directors: Michael Mann
  • Writers: Michael Mann, Frank Hohimer
  • Producers: Michael Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer, Richard Brams, Ronnie Caan
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jul 2003
  • Run Time: 119 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009PBUX
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,840 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis

After 11 years in prison, an ageing master safecracker (James Caan) decides to pull one more job before retiring to a quiet, peaceful life. However, the mob finds him much too valuable and refuses to let him retire, keeping him trapped in the life he so desperately wants to leave behind. An introspective look at a man re-evaluating the life he's lived, THIEF is a fascinating, intense film, based on the novel by Frank Hohimer.

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding crime thriller, 30 Jul 2003
This has got to be one of the best crime / thriller movies ever made. James Caan is a superb actor, who when given the right role is in a class of his own. This film is his finest hour and he delivers a moving performance as the main character. Caan plays Frank who is an expert safe cracker with dreams of retiring and starting a family with his lady played by Tuesday Weld. He foolishly agrees to work for the mob headed by evil Leo (Robert Prosky), safecracking to order in the belief that after 2 or 3 big scores he can leave with a nice nest egg with which to start his family. When Frank decides it's time to move on and leave his life of crime behind him he soon discovers that it's extremely difficult to walk away when the big time crooks don't want to see their meal ticket leave. This film slowly builds up to a final, bloody showdown with the tension almost becoming unbearable as Frank realises that he is going to have to take drastic action if he truly wants out of his shady profession. Superb.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Old school, 21 April 2006
Old school Michael Mann at his best. This is a slow burner but fascinating to watch. The climax is brutal and shocking. Caan exudes all things Mann-ish, the prototype for Petersen and Cruise, the essential Mann man - mean, ruthless, wrestling with a fragile humanity, the broken idealist in a world of pain. Tangerine dream soundtrack is class too.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great, 12 Sep 2001
By Kevin Pohl (Torrance, CA) - See all my reviews
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This is Michael Mann's first effort, and also one of his best. James Caan is excellent as the hardened thief that does not give in to anyone. The "you have to be willing to walk out on everything in 60 seconds" theme will be used by Mann in other movies (notably "Heat"). The acting is good all around and so is the soundtrack by TAngerine Dream. Definitely one for the must watch list
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5.0 out of 5 stars The real Tuesday Weld
This early Michael Mann (pre Miami Vice) movie took a impeccable dive into the mind of a thief (and the work) of a professional thief. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Brendan O. Clarke

3.0 out of 5 stars Profile of a top thief
I've had a craze lately on Michael Mann's films, and I've enjoyed them all.

This is early work. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2007 by William Cohen

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but for Mann the best was yet to come...
This film is like an average chocolate bar. It tastes good while you eat it, you happily devour it without impediment, yet once its all over there is this inescapable feeling that... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2006 by H. Feddern

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