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Thief

1981

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

Thief

1981

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

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80% TOMATOMETER · 86 reviews

81% AUDIENCE · 5K ratings

7.4/10 · 51.8K

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chicago, illinois based on novel or book shadowing loss of loved one burglar gangster

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Michael Mann

Top cast

Karen Berger as Ruthie

James Caan as Frank

Del Close as Mechanic #1

Tuesday Weld as Jessie

Tech specs

720p.BLU 1080p.BLU

872.86 MB

1280*720

English 2.0

TV-14

Subtitles

23.976 fps

2 hr 3 min

Seeds 11

1.85 GB

1920*1080

English 2.0

TV-14

Subtitles

23.976 fps

2 hr 3 min

Seeds 100+

Comments 8

VincentHanna 12 hours ago

Would love if the 4k version was here.

razzel2 156 days ago

GREAT movie

monroville 468 days ago

Also, Arrow Films UK released both the "Drector's (tealed up) Cut" and the 'Theatrical Cut" (which has the 80's color timing).

monroville 904 days ago

The HDTV version has the natural 80's color timing. For whatever reason, Michael Mann "tealed" up the blu-ray release.

palmaamlap 1412 days ago

Thanks a lot.

mfec2020 1574 days ago

Perfect. Thank you.

Timothy779 2688 days ago

Best Michael Mann film.A great rewatch.

turkii_1995 3329 days ago

thanks

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IMDb reviews

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9 / 10

Seen this one before but decided to do

JPV852

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…

9 / 10

You are making big profits from my work

John Chard

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…

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

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