Thief

Thief follows Frank, a highly skilled professional safecracker who dreams of building a normal life with a family and his own business. When he partners with a powerful Chicago crime boss to pull off a major heist, he quickly discovers that the deal comes at a suffocating cost to his independence. Michael Mann's debut feature is a gritty, visually stunning neo-noir that explores themes of freedom, identity, and the price of ambition.

• Michael Mann's feature film directorial debut.
• James Caan learned real safecracking from ex-convict Frank Hohimer.
• Tangerine Dream composed the iconic synthesizer-heavy soundtrack.
• Real Chicago criminals were hired as extras.
• The film is based on Frank Hohimer's book 'The Home Invaders.'

• I am the last guy in the world that you want to fuck with.
• I do what's real. I'm doing it right now.
• We are set up to be robbed. This whole thing is a setup.
• I got no home. I got no people. I got nothing.
• You work for what you want, you pay for what you get.