# Strade violente (1981)

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**Original title**: *Thief*
**Runtime**: 123 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, Drama
**Directed by**: Michael Mann
**Written by**: Michael Mann
**Starring**: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Tom Signorelli

> *Tonight, his take home pay is $410,000... tax free.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Back-alley neon buzzing, winter 81. A paper sack of cut stones changing hands in a Pontiac’s backseat.

A thief trades the drill’s hiss for a house with white pickets. The city hums buy-or-die behind every deal.

Like Altman’s California gone wrong, style is the only currency left.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, neon-soaked, raw

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