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Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir [4] [5] heist action thriller film [6] written and directed by Michael Mann in his feature film debut and starring James Caan in the title role, a professional safecracker trying to escape his life of crime, and Tuesday Weld as his wife.
Mar 27, 1981 · Thief: Directed by Michael Mann. With James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi. After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists.
A highly skilled jewel thief, Frank (James Caan) longs to leave his dangerous trade and settle down with his girlfriend, Jessie (Tuesday Weld).
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The movie stars James Caan as a man who says he was "raised by the state" and spent eleven years in prison. As the movie opens, he's been free four years, and lives in Chicago. He is a highly skilled professional thief -- a trade he learned behind bars from Okla ( Willie Nelson ), a master thief.
Original theatrical trailer for the 1981 film "Thief." Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, James Belushi.
With a pair of successful Chicago businesses (a bar and a car dealership) as fronts for his lucrative criminal enterprise, Frank sets out to fulfill the missing part of his life vision: a family beginning with Jessie (Tuesday Weld), a pretty cashier he has begun dating.
