Thomas Crown Affair

Thomas Crown ({|Steve McQueen|}) is a self-made Boston millionaire who masterminds a bank heist in hopes of leaving it all behind. Tired of being part of the Establishment, he has hopes of pulling off the caper and flying to Rio. Erwin Weaver ({|Jack Weston|}) leads the cast of crooks who never actually meet Crown but manage to pull off the robbery without a hitch. Crown deposits 3 million in a Swiss bank account, pays off the crooks, and waits for the insurance company to repay the bank for the loss. Eddy Malone ({|Paul Burke|}) is the savvy detective who helps insurance investigator Vicky Anderson ({|Faye Dunaway|}) find the mastermind behind the heist. Thomas Crown Affair became one of the first films to employ many split-screen images throughout its running time, as devised by editor {|Hal Ashby|}. {|Michel Legrand|}'s score was nominated for an Academy Award, and the song "The Windmills Of Your Mind," written by Legrand with {|Alan|} and {|Marilyn Bergman|} took home the coveted Oscar.