The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) : Never Let Her See Your Hand! (film analysis)
The Thomas Crown Affair. Whether it’s chess, poker, war or love you should never show your hand. This is the theme I’ll explore in this film analysis.
The Thomas Crown Affair is a 1968 heist film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, written by Alan Trustman and stars Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown, Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson, Paul Burke as Eddy Malone and Yaphet Kotto as Carl.
Synopsis
the secret to winning is mastering the art of hiding your emotions from a drop dead gorgeous insurance investigator (Faye Dunaway) obsessed with getting the 10% finders fee for locating money stolen out of a Boston bank. She’s good, but millionaire playboy Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is always 2 steps ahead of her, and just as cool when it comes to business and love.
Chapters
0:00 intro
0:42 hide your hand
1:13 the robbers
2:26 Vicki
2:59 Eddy
3:47 chess match
5:29 Vicki II
7:26 Pablo Ferro
8:15 Michel Legrand
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