As an executive producer, Michael Mann brought the seminal Miami Vice to our screens and revolutionised TV cop shows forever. As an uncompromising director he has created some of the most intense and unforgettable modern thrillers, including Man Hunter, Heat, The Insider and Collateral. Thief was his incredibly stylish, cutting edge breakthrough and one of the most authentic crime films of the eighties. Based  upon the memoirs of real life jewel thief Frank Hohimer (who also served as a technical advisor during filming), it stars James Caan (The Godfather, Rollerball) in what he still maintains is his best, career defining role. It also features fantastic performances from country legend Willie Nelson, Tuesday Weld and James Belushi. Frank is a professional safe cracker, the best in Chicago. But Frank has started to yearn for the quiet life and is looking for a way out. In an act of desperation he takes on a tempting offer from the local mafia, an offer he may not live to regret as fate pulls him towards an explosive conclusion.