I want you to talk about women.
Mr Crown?
I'm sorry.
Women.
You've yet to talk about women.
Oh, I enjoy women.
- Enjoyment isn't intimacy. - Intimacy isn't necessarily enjoyment.
How would you know?
Has it occurred to you that you have a problem with trust?
I trust myself implicitly.
Yes, but... can other people trust you?
You mean society at large?
I mean women, Mr Crown.
Yes, a woman could trust me.
Could?
Under what extraordinary circumstances would you allow that to happen?
A woman could trust me
as long as her interests didn't run too contrary to my own.
And society, at large?
If its interests were to run counter to your own?
Jimmy, I think I'll walk for a while. I'll meet you at the office.
- And your briefcase? - I'll carry it.
Jesus Christ!
Look at this jerk.
Morning, Mr Crown.
Bobby.
Back for your haystacks?
Don't ever let it go on tour, Bobby.
Oh, I'll lay down the law.
You're an odd duck.
Everyone else goes right for the Monet.
Well,
it's very nice.
Nice? Do you know what it's worth?
I just like my haystacks, Bobby.
Yo, you better move it. Come on, buddy, go! Move it!
Jesus Christ.
Straight on.
Something's screwed up. My list says some kind of a sarcophagus.
What do you want me to do? It's a horse. You want me to take it back and dump it?
Nah, just unload the damn thing.
Boy, it's going to be hot today.
- Good morning, Mr Crown. - Morning, Sam.
You can't let him...
- You own the building or something? - Excuse us, sir.
- What the hell's going on? - He does own it.
- Good morning, Mr Crown. - Morning. Good morning, one and all.
- Good morning, Mr Crown. - John, welcome back.
Good morning, Mr Crown.
Good morning. Give me good numbers, Jimmy.
Morning, Daria.
Good morning. You forgot your briefcase, right?
I must have left it here last night.
We have a disparity here.
Yeah, I saw that.
Well, we can't leave it here.
Let's find out what the problem is.
That... is not
a sarcophagus.
It's Friday.
What did he mean by that?
Come Monday, there'll be hell to pay.
Deuce!
I never thought I'd see that.
Thomas Crown forced to sell something!
So, what do you think, Crown?
Any regrets about how you played this?
Regret
is usually a waste of time.
As is gloating.
What will you say to your board when they learn you paid me $30 million
more than others were offering? Morning, gentlemen.
All right. English only from now on.
Except for Janni.
Janni doesn't speak English.
Gentlemen, upon closer inspection,
your proposal is not as generous as it seemed.
There's no mention of executive compensation...
We understand your objection to the merger.
It's not a merger!
I'm afraid your stockholders have spoken.
- We anticipated your reluctance. - We won't be a Crown subsidiary!
Our attorneys are prepared to go head-to-head with you at the SEC.
I thought that kid would bust a gut when you brought up the SEC!
How's it go? "Sad to see another tired man lay down..."
"Sad to see another tired man lay down his hand
and quit the holy game of poker."
He's right, you know.
Third-generation company. You'd think they'd have shown more grit.
McCormick wants to know our bid on the BPT deal.
Speak to Scully.
Miso soup, Daria.
Go! Go! Go!
This painting is considered to be the first lmpressionist work in history.
It started that movement and influenced
dozens of major artists who went on to found the first school,
or style, of the 20th century.
Okay, try this.
It's worth a hundred million bucks.
The government guy we paid off on that deal is back.
No, this is the second time they lied. Screw 'em.
- Turkey. - Mr Schmidt called.
The Douglaston conference call is in ten minutes.
This painting's by another famous artist. His name is Renoir.
Young lady,
do not touch.
I'll let you go this time. On your way.
Hey!
Jimmy, go check the compressor room. There's something wonky with the AC.
Can't we just pass it on to engineering?
- The book says we check it first. - All right.
It would be one of the hottest days of the year!
Can you believe it's nearly October?
- Why don't you bring the kids? - You know how she is.
She'd run to court, saying I was endangering them.
- You're not kidding, are you? - You wouldn't believe the shit she pulls.
The whole air-conditioning plant's crapped out.
Why didn't they call maintenance?
- See you in the morning, Daria. - Found your briefcase, I see.
Evidently.
- Good night, sir. - Night.
Hey, they want to talk to you upstairs.
Me? Or the regular proctor? Because McKinley'll be back in a second.
I think you should talk to them.
Call them if you like.
Administration, hello.
Yes, this is Jeff, in wing eight.
I was told you wanted to speak to me?
Okay, I'll be right up.
I'll just go up.
Sorry, this exhibit is closing. Please leave.
The exhibit is closed. Please use the nearest exit.
The exhibit is closed. We are closed for the evening.
We're closing. Please exit to the rear.
Thank you. This way.
Good night. Thank you very much.
This exhibit is closed.
What have we got here?
It's only quarter to five.
We are closed.
For cleaning.
Hey, Bobby... I've been evicted.
- What? - The lmpressionist Gallery.
Closed for cleaning.
- Cleaning? - Yeah.
They're doing it right now.
Ed,
- Iend me a hand here for a minute? - Certainly.
Excuse me!
What are you doing?
Yes.
What?
Upstairs sent us down
to clear this exhibit. They have some VIPs coming through.
I didn't hear about it. I oversee this section.
Call upstairs if you like.
No, you're right.
They've been having people down here all week.
Stop him!
Look out, Mr Crown.
One at a time.
Keep moving. Move in a calm manner, please. No need to panic. Thank you.
Hold it right there!
Freeze!
Get your hands up!
68th and Lexington.
- Good evening, sir. - Hey, Paul.
You want to put this in the study?
- I set out a bottle of wine. - Thank you.
I may have won a cruise!
Oh, yes.
Mikey!
- Hi. Find the chopper? - Abandoned in Queens.
- We know where it was stolen? - Probably some pad in the Hamptons.
Mr Lenox!
Mr Lenox is the Director of the Museum.
Detective Michael McCann.
I'm sorry to be here, sir. Who are the actors?
Four. Foreign. Probably Eastern European. No print records.
Illegals. Check with lnterpol. The Russian government might help.
In the works. Point of entry was a statue delivered this morning.
Brought in with their own security.
Next you'll say it was a horse.
- A Trojan horse? - Bingo.
- Someone has a sense of humour. - We've three digits of the truck plate.
- This place been hit before? - They just lost their cherry.
Mr Lenox, was it just the one painting?
But such an important one. A seminal work. A historical watershed.
It's truly irreplaceable.
Great neighbourhood. Some broads here are wearing my salary!
So the skylight was rigged to blow?
Yeah, and there were cargo nets spread out, ready to use.
They wore rappelling harnesses under their clothes.
Okay. Right.
Right, let's just track this thing through. So,
they kill the air, make the place uncomfortable, drive out the tourists.
They lower these gates so nobody can get in.
They lower the paintings into the cargo nets, pull the paintings,
ditch the frames, and figure they'll fly out of here like Peter Pan.
But somebody makes them early. Chopper takes off.
Some make it, some don't.
Basically, amateur night. Right?
What's that?
It was wedged under the gate.
And?
Not exactly Samsonite.
Titanium. The engineer said
it'd have to absorb 1 5 to 20 tons to stop this gate.
Seems there may be a couple of holes in your theory.
They shut off the air to drive out the tourists, then escort them out anyway?
Then they close the gates to keep everybody out
but block one of them open while they prepare to load, conservatively,
1 ,000 pounds of paintings and 800 pounds of men that we know about,
in a... What was the chopper model?
- Sikorsky S-76. - Right.
In a chopper with a 600-pound useful load.
You figure you'll wrap this by morning, Lieutenant?
It's Detective. And I'm a little fuzzy about who you are.
- Sorry. Catherine Banning. - Of?
Zurich Underwriters requested... Actually they...
You're insurance.
The Swiss rather wouldn't write a $100 million cheque.
So I'm stuck with you on my back.
Come on, Lieutenant. Who knows,
you might enjoy it.
1 ,000 bucks says you can't do that again.
- Tony, put another ball there. - Tommy,
it was a figure of speech.
Let's make it interesting.
Ten to one?
Fine. I'll take your money.
- Let's go again. Still ten to one. - Tommy,
that's $100,000 on a goddamn golf swing.
It's a beautiful Saturday morning, John.
What the hell else have we got to do?
All right. She does live in Europe, but she's from the Midwest.
- Born Catherine Olds. - Who's Banning?
An Englishman she married for six months.
- So she's not law enforcement. - Worse. Bail bonds and bounties.
- Tough people. - Yeah.
Her father is an Ohio hard case named Clarence Milton Olds, called Bumper Olds.
Story goes he kept a chain on his bumper.
A guy ran on him once, he brought him back on the end of the chain.
You don't want to cross him, huh?
Good morning. How are you?
I said, how are you?
Jet-lagged. Thank you.
We thought we'd start with the security tapes. What is that?
You don't wanna know.
These are yesterday's tapes from the lmpressionist Wing.
Why are they different from the corridor cameras?
We're upgrading to thermal imagery. So far, it's just the high value areas.
- It senses body heat. - Got it. So that's the Monet that morning.
- Right. - Okay, skip forward to the robbery.
- Time of the robbery. - Whoa. Zip.
Was the camera working, or did they cut the feed?
No.
That's why they cut the air.
That could be. These things need a ten degree difference.
If the ambient temperature gets within ten degrees of the bodies,
the camera can't tell between people and walls.
How hot did it get? Check the other cameras.
So, why can you see people in this room?
The ambient in that wing only went up to the mid-80s.
Okay, wait a minute.
You're telling me that for some reason
the area around that particular painting went above 90?
What?
I don't know. Something.
What, are we... channelling now?
How long have you been doing this?
A while.
Where? ln Europe?
And other places.
You're a real self-promoter. Give me a for instance.
- How many legs? - What?
The bench.
Two.
- You still have that tape up? - Yeah.
Great. Back it up to the morning part of the tape.
Stop.
Hello!
Jesus.
So, they bring this in earlier in the day. What's in it?
I mean, it could be a heater.
What?
In the briefcase, on a timer. Bring the temperature up
ten more degrees.
Do you ever eat?
Lunch, for instance?
Do you like pizza? I know a great place we could stop.
I'm on London time.
And pizza's not your thing. Okay.
What's the matter, Lieutenant? Did she leave you for a stockbroker?
It's Detective. First Grade.
And...
he was a urologist.
Can I drop you someplace? At your hotel?
One, I keep an apartment here.
And two, I'm going to your office.
She keeps an apartment.
I keep goldfish.
Hey! Hello there. How are you doing?
Detective.
Look, they don't seem to be Russian.
Davros thinks maybe Romanian.
- The witness is here. - Right.
Come on in!
- Number four. - You're sure?
I'm sure.
Okay.
- Do you mind indicating that here? - Certainly.
- Just check it off. - Sure.
Could you sign down here, please?
They will finish the paperwork. Appreciate it, Mr Crown.
Thank you.
- I'm gonna beat up the Romanians. - Okay.
Thank you, thank you.
Wait a minute! Gotta get some coffee.
- That's all. - Would you be willing to testify?
- Sure, absolutely. - Mr Crown, I have to tell you,
people like this might have friends.
You realise they might try to make it ugly for a witness?
I understand, gentlemen, and I guess I'll take my chances.
We'll nail them.
I can't imagine somebody thinking they'd get away with this.
They say anything yet?
Not in English. We're still trying to find somebody to translate.
Let me try.
Do not tell me you speak Romanian.
God, who would ever bother with Romanian?
Give me the quiet one.
Okay.
They do speak English.
It was a pre-packaged robbery. He picked them up in Little Odessa.
They were given timetables...
Okay, who's "he"?
You don't think they know, do you?
They were intermediaries, never saw or heard him.
One-time hires. That's why they failed.
What makes you think they failed?
Maybe it was a successful robbery.
Maybe they were set up.
- Why? - Diversion!
Make a lot of noise over there,
so over here you take $100 million off the wall and waltz out the door.
- Oh, that's good. - Doesn't matter.
As soon as he tries to sell it, we nail him.
He's not going to sell.
He's not?
This is an elegant crime done by an elegant person. It's not about money.
Okay, so who's going to risk prison to steal a Monet
just to not sell it?
A Monet-lover.
Whose desk is that?
Could I use it?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Let's dig up every major auction in the last five years
and see who's been bidding on Monets.
See anyone we know?
Him? A big day for this guy is taking off his tie. He's a finance geek.
Is he?
- How's that? - Yeah!
Go, go!
Ease up!
No, wait!
Come on, get it up! Yes, let's go!
Yeah!
I saw him wreck a $100,000 boat because he liked the splash.
Do you have any idea what kind of flesh-eating lawyers
this guy will have?
Plus political connections.
Mr Thomas Crown has very generously loaned us a Pissarro
until our own Monet is restored to us.
Not to mention apprehending one of the suspects. Come on!
I'm afraid Jim embellishes horrendously. I just did what he does at fund-raisers.
I waved my arms in the air and
shrieked for help.
Hello, Gloria. Lovely to see you.
- I knew him, you know. - Did you, madame?
His son, that is. Lucien Pissarro, in the '30s in Paris.
It's very impressive.
It seemed the right size for the space.
Or maybe you were bored with it.
Do we know each other?
Not yet. I'm Catherine Banning.
Thomas Crown.
Vodka rocks, twist and...
Scotch, neat.
How did you know that?
- I've been reading about you. - Oh! Where?
In a file.
- Who do you work for? - I'm in the art world.
Dealer?
Gallery owner?
No, it's closer to insurance.
I'm covered.
Not for this.
The painting?
The Monet?
You don't think they'd simply cut a cheque
for $100 million, do you?
So, you...?
Get them things.
When there's this much money involved, it usually means I get them
- someone's head. - Whose head are you after?
Yours. Good evening, Mr Crown.
Are you trying to...
Are you trying to imply that I had something to do with that painting?
Trying?
Thank you.
No, I wouldn't call it an attempt.
What's your take for this?
Five per cent of the value recovered.
- A bounty hunter. - If you like.
Always get your man?
Think you'll get me?
Oh, I hope so.
- Can I drop you somewhere? - I have a car here, thanks.
Then tomorrow?
Us, dinner?
You're on.
Make it early. We have a stop to make first.
- What's happened? - Happened?
When I talk, while you're tuning out what I say, the corners of your mouth go up.
You're enjoying something. It's not me. What is it?
- An entertainment. - Very little entertains you,
so I can easily guess.
A worthy adversary?
Did someone swindle you?
You waltz in there without even a heads up,
without one word to me or anyone else in the department.
I had a little chat with him, yes.
A little chat? You told him he was a suspect.
I cut through the crap, okay?
How long was it gonna take you, Mike?
Weeks of wiretaps,
if you could get them. Guys tailing him to the bathroom.
I found out in ten minutes.
He did it. The smug son of a bitch did it.
- You compromised the investigation. - I jump-started it.
Oh, really? What do you have to show for it, besides a date?
He likes the high wire. I'm going to play with him for a while.
I could ask the question who's playing whom.
You saying I shouldn't go?
Don't piss on the department, Catherine, okay? We're on this.
How do you do? This is a warrant.
We're here to conduct a legal search on these premises. I'd let us.
Jack, give me two men up here and two more men in this room. Move.
John, take the back room.
You want help in here?
- Mr Crown. - Thank you.
Excuse me?
Why are you in my house?
I'm sure it's a mystery to you. Your lawyer can explain.
Wallace?
This gentleman happens to be my attorney.
Oh, keep your knickers on. I'll get into his house.
- You look wonderful. - Thank you.
- How are you? - Popular.
Mikey, you won't believe this.
Know where's he taking her?
To the museum.
He's taking her to the fucking museum?
It's kind of sweet, you know? For a first date.
Hey, I didn't know your portrait was here.
The faceless businessman in a bowler hat. Everything but the briefcase.
Did you sit long for the artist?
Actually, I do own a copy of that.
Oh, of course you do.
And where might you be taking me?
Come, come, come.
Good evening, sir. The museum is closing in 1 5 minutes.
Thank you.
- Oh, your loaner. - The least I could do.
Oh, I see they have the air back on.
I shouldn't have checked my coat.
Oh, thank you.
You know, if I had my pick in this room,
I wouldn't have taken the Monet.
- No? - No.
What would you take?
For my personal choice?
That one.
You?
You'd like to have that?
Why?
Would you get it for me?
Anything's obtainable.
Okay, I'll bite.
What would you do to get it?
I'd buy a print.
They're going into Cipriani.
I thought they were going to Le Cirque.
I'm watching them walk into Cipriani.
And with no reservation.
Scotch neat for me and I guess the lady would like a...
What?
That the lady actually likes champagne.
- We have Krug Grand Cuvée 1981 . - Sounds great, thank you.
- Wonderful. On the way. - You've been busy.
I'm sure your files are thicker than mine.
Well, the thing that impressed me most
was getting from Glasgow to Oxford on a boxing scholarship.
Not bad for a wee lad from Glasgow.
It was easy. Rich kids cannae box.
The hard part was learning to talk. But you now...
The matador?
The ltalian industrialist.
The Ambassador's son?
- He was cute. - He was 17!
Yes, he was.
You must admit, that's a fair litany for a girl from Lima, Ohio.
But what I didn't get... I mean, it's obvious you like men
but you never keep any of them around very long either.
Oh, well... men make... women messy.
Thank you.
Here's to the fear of being trapped.
- Here's the fish for the lady. - Thank you.
The lamb chops for the gentleman.
We'd like to pre-order soufflés.
And a bottle of burgundy to those two gentlemen.
- Of course, sir. - Thank you.
At least they look uptown. The ones yesterday looked like flashers.
- Well, we do our best. - I'm under glass.
Soon you'll know everything about me.
There are things we don't know.
Like what?
Like why.
Were you bored?
Acquisitions and mergers looking a little stodgy?
Is it more fun getting it than keeping it?
- Is this the fun for you? - How do you mean?
It's not about the money.
You like the chase. Not many women get to chase.
It's like poker. We don't let you in the game.
Right. My brothers said I didn't have the mind for it.
- And now they're plumbers. - Oh! But you knew that.
- Can I ply you with anything else? - Nothing.
- Cheese? Would you like a... - Would you like a deal?
Make it easy on yourself.
We'll just get more warrants, searches.
Mess up your carpeting.
May l...
May I ask you a very personal question?
Why not?
Would you like another hit of espresso?
- Would you like... - Another hit of espresso?
- That's the very personal question? - As good as it gets.
Oh! Excuse me. May I ask you a very personal question?
- Oh, sure! By all means. - Do you really think
I'm going to sleep with a man I'm investigating?
- Is that the question? - That's it.
Why should I answer that when you didn't seriously commit to my espresso?
All right. I'll seriously commit to your espresso.
I'd let you in...
But the world is watching.
Yes, they are.
And besides,
you have no furniture.
Oh, that's good. That's very good.
Good night.
Alone?
Ready?
Okay.