Thief is a 1981 neo-noir film written and directed by Michael Mann and based on the 1975 novel The Home Invaders: Confessions of a Cat Burglar by "Frank Hohimer" . The film stars James Caan as the titular thief. Frank is an expert jewel thief and hard-boiled ex-convict who has a set structure to his life. With a pair of successful Chicago businesses as fronts for his lucrative criminal enterprise, Frank sets out to fulfill the missing part of his life's montage: a family beginning with Jessie , a pretty cashier he has begun dating. After taking down a major diamond score, Frank's fence, Joe... Gags , is murdered for being on the take - pushed out of a 12th story window. Barry , Frank's friend and associate making the pick-up, discovers that a shady plating company executive Gags was working for is responsible, a Mr. Attaglia . $185,000 of Frank's fence money was lifted by Attaglia from Gags when he was killed. Frank demands his money back in a tense office hours confrontation at Attaglia's plating company.
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| Release date: | March 27, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Michael Mann |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 122 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jerry Bruckheimer, Ronnie Caan |
| Editor: | Dov Hoenig |
| Music by: | Tangerine Dream |
| Cinematography: | Donald E. Thorin |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Mann |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |