He has to pull a gun on an executive to line up the money that's been taken from a slain associate. He and his colleagues are all surnames and shorthand. When Frank does begin speaking, it is a man talking business. A dynamic marriage of image and sound, this atmospheric opening announces Thief and its maker as distinctive and unusual. The only noises are the ones Frank's tools make and the electronic score by German group Tangerine Dream. We see this master at work: breaking in, getting what he wants, and making a quick, clean getaway. The first ten minutes of the film unfold without dialogue. Living up to its title, the film centers on Frank (James Caan), a Chicago man who owns a car dealership and a bar, but really makes his living as a skilled safe-cracker who steals diamonds. Shortly after that, he picked up his first theatrical credits as writer, director, and executive producer of 1981's Thief. Mann made his feature directing debut on the 1979 prison telemovie The Jericho Mile. He then worked on, without credit, the script to Dustin Hoffman's 1978 film Straight Time. Mann got his start writing episodes of 1970s TV series like "Starsky and Hutch" and directing a single episode of "Police Woman." From the start of his filmmaking career, Michael Mann has been drawn to crime drama.
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