The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Cast Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Addison Powell, Astrid Heeren, Gordon Pinsent, Yaphet Kotto, Sidney Armus, Richard Bull …

Thomas Crown, a young, handsome millionaire pulls off the perfect crime by having five men rob a bank and dump the money - approx. $2.6 million - in a trash can, which Crown retrieves later and stores in a Geneva bank. Vicki Anderson, an independent insurance investigator, is contracted to investigate the heist. As she digs deeper into the case she begins to suspect Crown's involvement. In an attempt to get closer she begins seeing Crown socially, openly telling him she is investigating him. Their relationship evolves into an affair; this affair however is threatened by Vicki's moral obligation to bring Thomas Crown to justice. Crown decides to organize another caper for the sheer sake of rebelling against the authority. He asks Vicki to join him in his flight afterwards, but she betrays him to her contractors. Moving in to make the arrest, she finds Crown sent a messenger in his place with a salutation. Crown is then shown flying away in a jet, a smile on his face.

Thomas Crown est apparemment un milliardaire honnête, fréquentant les meilleurs clubs de Boston, séduisant et séducteur. Mais à l'aide de quelques complices, il organise le hold-up du siècle en dévalisant en plein jour la banque située en face de chez lui. Après avoir déposé le magot en Suisse, sa route croise celle de Vicky, une détective employée par la compagnie d'assurance de la banque. Très vite, cette dernière le soupçonne. Elle se lie à lui, devient sa maîtresse et se trouve alors partagée entre l'amour et sa conscience professionnelle. Elle oublie cependant que Crown est tout sauf naïf.