THE THIEF (SPECIAL DIRECTOR'S EDITION)

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: James Caan is at his very best as a tough, wisecracking professional thief trapped between Chicago organized crime families and corrupt police in this 'gripping drum tight-tale' (Los Angeles Magazine). Michael Mann who directed Last of the Mohicans and Manhunter and produced 'Miami Vice' and 'Crime Story', wrote and directed this tout, visually dazzling 'heist' drama called 'the best of the breed since The Asphalt Jungle' by New West Magazine, Filmed on rain-slicke Chicago streets, Thief capture the chilling suspense and human drama of professional crime with incredibly 'realistic details... heist technology straight out of Star Wars' and dialogue with 'the gutter pungency of a wood-alcohol cocktail' (Rolling Stone). C0-starring country superstar Willie Nelson and James Belushi ('Saturday Night Live'). 'Thief envelops you in its tough, doom-laden grip and never lets go' (Newsweek)
• Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci, Michael Mann
• Director: Michael Mann
• Runtime: 2:04
• Company: United Artists
• Media Format: Movie