THIEF centers around the single-named “Frank,” a Chicago jewel thief and safecracker who reluctantly agrees to take down some high-end scores for a mob fence and loan shark named Leo (Robert Prosky in his screen debut). And, as Mann’s directorial debut, it announced his presence in the feature film world with authority. It gave James Caan what is probably the best role of his career. Michael Mann’s THIEF is the rarest of creations, an almost-perfect marriage of character, narrative and action. – “Frank,” as played by James Caan in THIEF (1981) “I am the last guy in the world that you want to fuck with.” – “Oklahoma” Smith, as quoted by Frank Hohimer, in THE HOME INVADERS: CONFESSIONS OF A CAT BURGLER (1975) “Keep in mind, kid, until your dying day, the only crime anywhere in the world is being broke.“
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