The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film) The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film) The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 American heist film directed and produced by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning Best Original Song for Michel Legrand's "Windmills of Your Mind". A remake was released in 1999, and a second remake is currently in the development stages. Millionaire businessman-sportsman Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) accomplishes a perfect crime by orchestrating four men to steal $2,660,527.62 from a Boston bank, along with a fifth man who drives the getaway car with the money and dumps it
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film) the robbers, billionaire Thomas Crown (Pierce Brosnan) steals the painting of "San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk" by Monet. The insurers of the $100 million artwork send investigator Catherine Banning (Rene Russo) to assist NYPD Detective Michael McCann (Denis Leary) in solving the crime. Although McCann is attracted to Banning, he is annoyed that she is a civilian and asks his second in command to do a background check. Det. Paretti discovers that Banning is the daughter of a formidable bail bondsman in Ohio, famous for using a chain to forcibly return those who've skipped bail. McCann and Paretti realize that