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The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

The Thomas Crown Affair poster
Directed by
Norman Jewison
Genre
drama film, heist film, crime film, romance film, detective film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 585 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy businessman masterminds a clever bank heist. An insurance investigator is hired to find out who did it and their cat and mouse game turns into a romance.

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What happens

The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 American heist film directed by Norman Jewison and written by Alan R. Trustman. Starring Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, and Jack Weston, the film follows Vicki Anderson (Dunaway), who is hired to investigate the culprits of a multi-million dollar bank heist orchestrated by Thomas Crown (McQueen). The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning Best Original Song for Michel Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind". A remake was released in 1999, and a second remake is set to be released in 2027. A Hong Kong version of the movie was released in 1987 under the title Easy Money, starring Michelle Yeoh as Thomas Crown's female version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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