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The film's original title was Violent Streets.	D
A 60,000-gallon water truck was used to keep the streets constantly wet.	D
The still of Frank holding a gun on Attaglia as he attempts to recover his money in an early scene w [...]	D
Robert Prosky also appears in another Michael Mann film the Keep.	D
The power tool used to drill the safe in the opening scene is a real tool called an Electromagnetic [...]	D
In the hospital scene, James Caan decided to stare coldly at J. Jay Saunders, who played the doctor. [...]	D
Michael Mann mentions John Belushi, who was filming The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues (1980) in [...]	D
Frank evades Urizzi by relocating the transponder onto a bus. McCauley also does this in Heat - La s [...]	D
James Caan made sure to speak slowly and clearly and tried to avoid using contractions in his words. [...]	D
The long "sparkler" used to melt into the big jewel safe is a real tool, known as an oxy-lance.	D
Barney's blue car is a 1974 Pontiac Grand Am.	D
In his proposal to Frank at their initial meet, Leo suggests twice that he would be Frank's "father" [...]	D
The scene where Frank blows up his car lot was filmed at 4 a.m. in below-freezing temperature. Still [...]	D
According to contemporary articles in the entertainment press, Patty Ross and Nathan Davis were orig [...]	D
James Caan remembers one night where all the cops working security on the film and "technical advise [...]	D
Contains similar elements, lingo, and themes with Michael Mann's Heat - La sfida (1995).	D
In the scene in Leo's house, James Caan improvised mispronouncing "elected" as "elected-ed" to show [...]	D
The vault that Frank breaks into in the opening scene was a real vault, purchased for $10,000, speci [...]	D
Patty Ross's debut.	D
Michael Mann mentions right off the bat that the first day of shooting involved getting the central [...]	D
The film implies that Okla (played by Willie Nelson), was a father figure to Frank as a young boy. I [...]	D
Dennis Farina was a Chicago policeman at the time of filming. He played a henchman. Conversely, John [...]	D
This film was based on the Hole in the Wall gang run by Mafia Don Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso.	D
In the scene where Frank goes to Grossman to have the "burning bar" or thermal lance made, dialogue [...]	D
There's some debate between Michael Mann and James Caan as to what happens to Frank after he walks d [...]	D
James Caan badly injured his hand during the Los Angeles heist scene when Frank is breaking through [...]	D
The scene between James Caan and Tuesday Weld at the late-night diner is, according to Caan, his fav [...]	D
Michael Mann describes how the burning rod works in the scene where Frank is testing it out. Magnesi [...]	D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #691.	D
Michael Mann wanted to give the impression of Frank being a rat in a maze throughout the film, parti [...]	D
Evidently, James Caan didn't know he was doing this commentary until the night before. Michael Mann [...]	D
James Caan's preparation for Frank involved the actor hanging with many of the thieves from Chicago. [...]	D
While it's commonplace for characters to wear bulletproof vests in movies since, it wasn't in 1981 w [...]	D
After Il padrino (1972), this was James Caan's favorite film of his own. He had stated that his mono [...]	D
Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider were considered for the leading role.	D
In the Criterion commentary James Caan stated that he tried not too use contractions when speaking. [...]	D
Michael Mann had Tangerine Dream also create the soundtrack for his subsequent film La fortezza (198 [...]	D
Tangerine Dream has many of their film soundtracks on streaming services, but the soundtrack for thi [...]	D
When Frank tries to light his cigarette in the diner scene, the lighter does not work. This was not [...]	D
"I think your name was clearly there more times than mine," says James Caan about the opening credit [...]	D
According to Jim Belushi, on the documentary series Directors, Michael Mann drove the costumer crazy [...]	D
The screenplay for this film was adapted from the novel "The Home Invaders", written by Frank Hohime [...]	D
When Frank meets Leo at the bar, Michael Mann wanted James Caan angry for when they shot the scene. [...]	D
In the Italian-dubbed version, Urizzi is renamed 'Ortega' and when Frank calls him Puerto Rican, he [...]	D
$410,000 in 1981 equals $1.32M in 2022.	D
A late starter, Robert Prosky was already fifty years old when he appeared in this, his film debut.	D
Jeff Bridges was Michael Mann's choice to play Frank, but was rejected due to the fact he was young, [...]	D
Frank using the word "electeded" was James Caan's idea. "It was my theory these guys always had four [...]	D
The Green Mill Lounge that Frank owns as one of his cover businesses is a real lounge and bar called [...]	D
During the interrogation scene, one of the detectives mentions taking Frank to a ballgame or the tra [...]	D
After burning their way into the vault, the manometer on the gigantic oxygen bottle shows it is stil [...]	D
While James Caan liked the movie, he found the part challenging to play. "I like to be emotionally a [...]	D
Frank's black car is a 1980 Cadillac Eldorado.	D
In 2014, the Criterion Collection added Thief to its catalog. The movie has been digitally restored [...]	D
James Caan remarks on the simplicity of the story in Thief, how he likens Michael Mann's script to t [...]	D
The house that was blown up was actually a fake structure in front of the real house; nevertheless, [...]	D
Michael Mann is supposedly a certified range instructor himself, but for this film, he had actor Jam [...]	D
The shotgun pulled at the car scene was a Ithaca Police Special riot shotgun.	D
The burglary tools used throughout the film (such as the magnetic drill used in the opening sequence [...]	D
James Caan comments on Frank's manner of speaking and how he never uses contractions. He and Mann de [...]	D
The character of Sam Grossman was based on Nathan Grossman, the grandfather of a friend of Michael M [...]	D
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer executive-produced William Petersen in the long-running series CSI - Scen [...]	D
The only film shot by Michael Mann to be presented in a 1.85:1 standard widescreen ratio. After this [...]	D
The first ever Potbelly Sandwich Works location, on Lincoln Avenue, is shown when James Caan and Tue [...]	D
The Green Mill is a Jazz club and cocktail lounge in uptown Chicago at Lawrence and Broadway. It was [...]	D
Prior to filming, Dennis Farina was really a Chicago police officer. The man playing his partner in [...]	D
The big jewel robbery in this film is based on an actual robbery masterminded by John Santucci, who [...]	D
Frank favors a Colt's 1911A1 "longslide" in .45 ACP customized by pistolsmith Jim Hoag. Carl is usin [...]	D
One of the early shots where the camera tilts downward on shots of fire escapes between two building [...]	D
According to Michael Mann, Leo is based on two real-life criminals who ran crews of thieves in Chica [...]	D
Michael Mann mentions much of the life Frank is trying to assemble for himself came about from his y [...]	D
James Caan went to Gunsite (then known as the American Pistol Institute) in Paulden, AZ to learn pro [...]	D
The tool used to pull the lock is called a Slide Hammer. They were originally used to pull dents in [...]	D
Jim Belushi's brother John visited the set often. The cast and crew would often hang out at Belushi' [...]	D
There were no false props used in the film. Every piece of machinery used during the heists were the [...]	D
Near the end of the film, when Tom Signorelli as Attaglia is walking into Leo's kitchen, you'll noti [...]	D
When attorney Garner asked the judge to release Okla, the judge rested eight fingers on his face, im [...]	D
The way James Caan and Michael Mann talk about the first scene involving Frank (Caan) and Jessie, pl [...]	D
"Frank is conceived of as an independent thief in Chicago with his own crew. In those years, in the [...]	D
In the final shootout James Caan failed to do one of the first things in defensive shooting. That is [...]	D
Michael Mann likes the nickname "Slick." It's used in both this movie and Heat - La sfida (1995).	D
Jim Belushi has played fellow cast member Willie Nelson on Il Saturday Night Live (1975).	D
Film debuts of Jim Belushi, William Petersen, Dennis Farina, John Kapelos, and Robert Prosky.	D
During the diner scene between between James Caan and Tuesday Weld, sound effects, most notably the [...]	D
Al Pacino turned down the role of Frank, due to scheduling conflicts.	D
According to James Caan on the DVD commentary, Frank is based on John Santucci. But Caan avoided doi [...]	D
The end credits mention special thanks to two famous blues musicians: Mighty Joe Young and Willie Di [...]	D
Michael Mann: [Cops & Robbers] Many real-life Chicago criminals and police officers served as adviso [...]	D

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Given the crew had to bring in all their equipment laboriously down the shaft, they would have split [...]	D
When Frank blows up his house, the lighting and camera position clearly changes in the cut between h [...]	D
Late in the film, when Frank gets out of his car to plant the bomb at his bar, the Green Mill, the l [...]	D
It is unthinkable in any hospital (and against procedures) that any type of surgery cleanup instrume [...]	D
It is shown early in the movie for the diamond heist that the guard has to activate and deactivate t [...]	D
The door Frank closes when he first backs out of Attaglia's office is closed, but in the next scene [...]	D
When Frank arrives outside with Barry at the L & A Plating company, it is overcast. When Frank arriv [...]	D
Frank's mentor at the steel mill said, "Seven-, Eight-thousand degrees. Portable equipment! Sonny, i [...]	D
As Frank reloads his pistol in the final sequence, the slide of the weapon is forward, not locked ba [...]	D
When Sgt. Urizzi pulls over Frank for the first time, there is a gold sedan coming the other way, bu [...]	D
When Frank is with Joe Gaggs at the restaurant in the booth, Frank looks straight ahead to see Jessi [...]	D
During the L.A. heist, the device intended to remove the key-lock assembly from the door leading to [...]	D
After Frank puts the transponder on the bus bound for Des Moines, the scene reveals the police car h [...]	D
Frank is clearly drilling through wood at the beginning of the film, the rpm is too high for cutting [...]	D
When Frank's bungalow is demolished in a series of explosions, each timed several seconds apart, the [...]	D
When Frank goes to visit his friend Sam at the steel mill, Sam's totals about the load of copper tub [...]	D
When Barry is cleaning out the vault, a stage light is visible in the bottom of the jewel tray.	D
During the gunfight in Leo's house, no empty shell cases are ejected from Frank's Colt semiautomatic [...]	D

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