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Tonight, his take-home pay is 410,000...tax free.
Production
Go behind the scenes on the 1981 Thriller movie starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, James Belushi
Willie Nelson, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci, Gavin MacFadyen, Chuck Adamson, Sam Cirone, Spero Anast, Walter Scott, Sam T. Louis, William LaValley, Lora Staley, Hal Frank Update Cast
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The exploding house scene was supposed to only explode the fake facade built by the film crew but instead the real house which was standing behind the fake facade also caught fire. The homeowner was generously overpaid for the cost of a new home and was put up in a fancy hotel.Rewind Archive
A stickler for authenticity, Mann insisted that Caan wear a very expensive, 24-karat watch in Thief. The production company was about to dispatch a courier to Zurich to pick up one from the manufacturer, when a Chicago jeweller heard about it and offered to loan the watch to Mann.Thanks to Gary Cohn
The real "thief" was a man named John Seybold. He was the technical advisor on the set of the movie in Chicago while being sought after by the FBI for many robberies.Rewind Archive
The opening scene of the safe cracking is real. Mann had some real life safe crackers teach James Caan how to do it for the movie. That is Caan really opening a locked safe.Thanks to Michael Corcoran
A combat pistol master named Jeff Cooper trained Caan and Mann. So it is no surprise that the way Caan "sweeps" the house at the end is very accurate for a trained gunfighter.Thanks to Greg Jacobson
The bar that Frank, James Caan blows up is called the Green Mill. It is a famous Chicago Jazz bar located on Broadway and Lawrence, and is still thriving today.Thanks to shane013a
The Chicago officer Chuck Adamson was also chasing a criminal named McCauley in the 1960's which was later made into a movie for Television by Michael Mann called La Takedown (1989). It was later made into a nearly three hour epic called "Heat"(1995) again directed by Mann.Thanks to Al W
The pistol used by Caan was a custom 1911 Colt pattern weapon modified by gunsmith James Hoag who later became responsible a line of aftermarket competition firearm items such as handgun grips and rifle stocks.Next Section: Deleted Scenes
Deleted Scenes
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Alternate Versions
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