THIEF (1981) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Michael Mann
James Caan, Tuesday Weld, James Belushi,
Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, Dennis Farina
James Caan plays a master safecracker who's making a decent living selling cars on the side and likes to work independently, but then a big-time gangster persuades him to hire on and James Caan figures he'll just do a couple of quick jobs and get out, but getting out turns out to be not so easy, and now the cops and the mob guys are after him and you figure it's only a matter of time before James Caan goes all Sonny Corleone on them and he does. Tuesday Weld plays James Caan's girlfriend. Robert Prosky plays the mob boss. Jim Belushi plays a safecracking accomplice. Chicago plays itself. The music's by Tangerine Dream.
