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James Caan in Thief (1981)

Parents guide

Thief

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Moderate
  • Profanity:
    Severe
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

Mild
26 of 51 found this mild
Woman in panties and t-shirt
A man discusses his affair and makes innuendos to his older friend. Later he tells him there's 3 girls waiting on him.
A clothed man and woman are in bed about to have sex. The scene cuts away before they do anything.

Violence & Gore

Moderate
19 of 45 found this moderate
A man is shot with a shotgun. Some blood is seen.
A man is shot a few times in the chest.
A man is shot by another man (blood squirts out of the wound)
A man is shot from a distance (no blood is shown)
Two police pull a man over, and make him get out of his car at gunpoint.
Several police officers beat up a man in a holding area.
Very little to no violence until the finale, which features about 4 deaths. Other than that the film is pretty tame.
Frank is threatned by his really pissed-off boss in a car workshop in one scene, in which he describes what he will do to Frank if he keep refusing to do his 'job.
A long scene of explicitly-stated, threatened violence including the gang-rape of a character's wife and the cannibalization of his family in front of him (both threatened, but described vividly).
James Caans Character (Frank) Is Seen Stabbing A Guard At The Bank.

Profanity

Severe
25 of 40 found this severe
Some conversations include sexual comments and references.
One incredibly graphic sexual insult in which a man threatens another man to have his "wife thrown in the street to be f-cked by n-ggers and Puerto Ricans".
22 f-bombs, 5 MFers, 2 d**ns, 3 G*d d**ns, 5 JCs, 1 d*ck, 4 pr*cks, 8 sh*ts, 9 BSs, 5 SoBs, 8 h*lls, 3 b***rds, 2 c**k-suckers, 7 a**-holes, 10 a**, 3 n***ers (racist slur), 2 w*p (racist slur), 4 ch*nks (racist slur), and several uses of "Puerto Rican" as a slur to brown-skinned/Italian people.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
16 of 24 found this mild
Several scenes takes place in a bar. No focus on drinking.
'Dope' is mentioned.
The main character smokes cigarettes many times throughout the film.
A police officer smokes a cigar.
Occasional drinking/smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
23 of 31 found this moderate
Most of the main characters are criminals, which may be intense for some viewers.
Some emotionally intense moments.
The climax is quite frightening.
The assault by the police officers is intense.
A man threatens to have another man's family cannibalized in front of him. He also threatens to drag the man's wife into the street and have her gang-raped.
There are a couple of scenes where several mafia members violently assault a couple of people. For example, a man is punched several times, and another guy goes on a tirade of threats of what he'll do to him.
In another scene, a guy describes an incredibly violent, frightening rape story about prison. His story is about 5 minutes long.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • 18
  • Australia
    • R
  • Brazil
    • 14
  • Canada
    • 18ADVD rating
    • 13+Québec
  • Finland
    • K-182012, uncut
    • K-181981, cut
  • France
    • 12
  • Germany
    • 182003, uncut
    • 161990, cut
  • Hong Kong
    • IIB
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • India
    • A
  • Indonesia
    • Dself-applied
  • Ireland
    • 18
  • Italy
    • VM14
  • New Zealand
    • R16
  • Norway
    • 161981
  • Poland
    • 16TV rating
  • Singapore
    • M18
  • South Korea
    • 18
  • Spain
    • 18
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • X
    • 15recommended rating
    • 18video rating
  • United States
    • TV-14DLV, TV Rating.
    • Rcertificate #26144
  • West Germany
    • 16original rating

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