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IMDb rating 7.4
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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 8

More than with Heat’s Neil McCauley, Thief portrays the dehumanising effect of prison.

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Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

If one were to disregard the spanking cool score by Tangerine Dream and the delicious photography in this almost criminally stylish directorial debut (for the big screen at least) from Michael Mann, it'd merely be a good, solid thriller. But ...

3 years ago
Critic Gustav Larsed
rated 10

Bäst: Den visuella stilen samt personkemin mellan James Caan och Tuesday Weld.
Sämst: Att inte fler upptäckt denna pärla till film.

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Cast & Crew

Michael Mann
Director
Walter Scott
As Detective D. Simpson
James Caan
As Frank
Willie Nelson
As Okla
Jim Belushi
As Barry
John Kapelos
As Mechanic #3
Dennis Farina
As Carl

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A skilled safecracker, Frank, is torn between his criminal life and his desire to start a family. He agrees to do one final job for a powerful gangster, but things don't go as planned. With his life on the line, Frank must choose between his loyalty to the criminal underworld and his dream of a quiet life with the woman he loves. Will he be able to escape the dangerous lifestyle that has defined him for so long?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Thief include The Gauntlet, Out of Bounds, No Mercy, Year of the Dragon (1985), Disco Godfather, Angel 2: Avenging Angel.

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Thief was released in theaters on March 27, 1981.