The Thomas Crown Affair
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
Director
Norman Jewison
Studio
N/A
Release
26 Jun 1968
Runtime
102 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Awards
Won 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total.
Cast & Characters
Thomas Crown
Steve McQueen
Vicki Anderson
Faye Dunaway
Eddy Malone
Paul Burke
Erwin
Jack Weston
Sandy
Biff McGuire
Abe
Addison Powell
Gwen
Astrid Heeren
Jamie
Gordon Pinsent
Did You Know?
Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Michel Legrand's "The Windmills of Your Mind."
Source: Academy Awards records · verified 2026-08-02
The film was remade in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in the lead roles.
Source: Wikipedia · verified 2026-08-02
Critical Assessment
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) holds 6.9/10 on IMDb (30,142 votes), 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, 66/100 on Metacritic.
“Steve McQueen settles into the role with ease and aplomb, in a film that whisks viewers to an exotic world with style and sex appeal.” — Rotten Tomatoes (critics consensus)
Critics and audiences have landed in similar territory here (70% RT, 6.9 IMDb) — this is remembered less for airtight plotting and more for its style: the multi-panel split-screen editing and Michel Legrand's score outlasted the era's other heist pictures.
Ratings as of August 2, 2026
User Reviews
This is a wonderfully understated, classy heist movie that demonstrates clearly the panache of Steve McQueen as an actor. In the title role, he is a millionaire who presents an outward image of a man who has everything, but privately is meticulously planning and executing a bank robbery that nets him over $2 million. When the insurers bring in their best investigator - the glamorous and sassy Faye Dunaway, she quickl…
Read full review →They don't make 'em like this anymore, and that might be a good thing. McQueen is millionaire Thomas Crown, who hires a bunch of D.B. Cooper look-alikes to knock over a bank and give the money to him. He jets to Geneva with cash in tow, and opens a secret account that he uses to pay off his gang in installments. Fine. Jack Weston plays Erwin, one of the crooks who you just know is going to screw everything up. The Bo…
Read full review →AI Verdict
AI-generatedThe Thomas Crown Affair's 6.9 IMDb average and 70% Rotten Tomatoes score reflect a film now valued more for its style than its plotting — the split-screen editing and Michel Legrand's Oscar-winning score outlasted the caper itself, influencing the glossy-heist genre (including its own 1999 remake) far more than its middling numeric scores suggest.