The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film) in a cemetery trash can. None of the men ever meets Crown face-to-face, nor do they know or meet each other before the robbery. Crown retrieves the money from the trash can after secretly following the driver of the getaway car. He deposits the money into an anonymous Swiss bank account in Geneva, making several trips, never depositing the money all at once so as to not draw undue attention to his actions. Independent insurance investigator Vicki Anderson (Faye Dunaway) is contracted to investigate the heist; she will receive 10% of the stolen money if she recovers it. When Thomas
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