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Thief
1981
Synopsis
A jewel thief agrees to a last heist for the mob before retiring but his employers have no intention of letting him go. Soon he’s trailed by the mob and the police, unable to escape to a new life.
Editorial
James Caan’s panther-like safecracker stalks neon-soaked streets in Michael Mann’s preternaturally self-possessed debut, the first of his meticulous, morally ambiguous spins on the cops-and-robbers noir. Pulsing with Tangerine Dream’s moody synth score, Thief is a modernist dance of light and sound.
