

But instead, there is some misdirection.and 30 more minutes to the story after this deal is complete.

Amazingly, the actual robbery goes off very quickly and well.and the film actually spends very little time on what you assume will be the big finale. Frank agrees.but insists it's his last job, as he's retiring to a life as a husband and family man. Leo (Robert Prosky) has a proposition.to rob a seemingly impenetrable safe. While Frank is doing great on his own committing various high value robberies, he is approached by a mobster who seems to have everyone in his pockets.

But at least with Frank, what he says he will do, he will do.and so he's honest.in his own way. The rest of the folks in the film, including the cops and a judge, are crooks and cannot be trusted. The lead is the anti-hero, Frank (James Caan), a career thief who is great at his job.but who also is a loner. "Thief" is an unusual film in that there are no heroes.only thugs.
