Movie
Thief
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-03-27
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Mann/Caan Productions, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Caan as Frank
- Tuesday Weld as Jessie
- Robert Prosky as Leo Alderman
- Willie Nelson as David 'Okla' Bertinneau
- Jim Belushi as Barry Stratagakis
- Tom Signorelli as Vincent Attaglia
- Dennis Farina as Carl
- Nick Nickeas as Nick
- W.R. Brown as Mitch Kanoff
- Norm Tobin as Guido
- John Santucci as Sgt. Urizzi
- Gavin MacFadyen as Det. Boreksco
Crew
- Michael Mann - Director
- Michael Mann - Screenplay
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