The Good Thief (film)

The Good Thief
Original movie poster
Directed byNeil Jordan
Written byNeil Jordan
Based onBob le flambeur
by Jean-Pierre Melville
Auguste Le Breton
Produced bySeaton McLean
John Wells
Stephen Woolley
Neil Jordan
StarringNick Nolte
Emir Kusturica
Nutsa Kukhianidze
CinematographyChris Menges
Edited byTony Lawson
Music byElliot Goldenthal
Production
company
Distributed byMomentum Pictures (United Kingdom and Ireland)[1]
TFM Distribution (France)[2]
Release dates
  • 6 September 2002 (2002-09-06) (Toronto)
  • 28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) (Ireland)
  • 7 March 2003 (2003-03-07) (United Kingdom)
  • 4 April 2003 (2003-04-04) (United States)
  • 11 April 2003 (2003-04-11) (Canada)
Running time
108 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
Ireland
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[3]
Box office$5,756,945[3]

The Good Thief is a 2002 crime thriller film written and directed by Neil Jordan. It is a remake of the French film Bob le flambeur (1955) by Jean-Pierre Melville. The film, shot in both Monaco and Nice, France, follows a heroin-addicted retired thief through the setup and completion of one last job.

  1. ^ "The Good Thief (2002)". BBFC. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The Good Thief (2003)". UniFrance. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b The Good Thief at Box Office Mojo