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James Caan is Frank, a used-car salesmen by day and a safe-cracking diamond thief by night. With a new woman by his side, Frank has set his sights on settling down in the suburbs – but after an accomplice is killed with a pocketful of Frank’s money, he must pull off one last major job before he can afford to leave his life of crime behind.

Michael Mann’s debut is very much a sign of things

Qto come, full of stylish grit, hushed conversati­ons in all-night diners and a synth-tastic soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. Like Drive? Sit back and find out where it got all its best ideas from. Chances are you haven’t seen Jackie Brown since the late ’90s but it’s arguably Tarantino’s most underrated movie, and gets better with repeat viewings. Pure Comedy

Total Entertainm­ent Forever and Ballad of the Dying Man, but as a whole it feels too much like hard work. Rob Leedham

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