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15	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_good_thief.jpg]]
16	[[caption-width-right:320:Bob and Anne.]]
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18	->''"Nick Nolte was born to play Bob. It is one of those performances that flows unhindered from an actor's deepest instincts."''
19	-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert''''s [[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030411/REVIEWS/304110304/1023 review]]
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21	''The Good Thief'' is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Creator/NeilJordan and starring Creator/NickNolte. It is a [[ForeignRemake remake]] of a classic 1956 French FilmNoir, ''Film/BobLeFlambeur'' by Creator/JeanPierreMelville.
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23	Bob (Nolte) is an aging but LoveableRogue who lives on the French Riviera and shambles through life by indulging his twin addictions, gambling and heroin, with a little thievery on the side. His lifestyle has got him into plenty of trouble, but even the cop who keeps putting him behind bars can't help but like the guy.
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25	One day he takes under his protection Anne (Nutsa Kukhianidze), a young prostitute from Eastern Europe who swiftly develops a crush on him. Having gambled away the last of his money, he accepts to do OneLastJob with a group of fellow thieves: stealing the priceless paintings held in the vault of a casino in Monaco, while pretending to be after the casino's money as a diversion.
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27	!!Contains examples of:
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29	* TheCameo: One of the thieves is played by filmmaker/actor Creator/EmirKusturica.
30	* FriendlyEnemy: Roger, the cop played by Creator/TchekyKaryo, is this to Bob - he will arrest him, but doesn't want to.
31	* GoingColdTurkey: Bob overcomes his heroin addiction by chaining himself to a bed and forcing himself into a withdrawal phase. Ironically, he remains addicted to tobacco.
32	* GuileHero: Bob is a cunning thief.
33	* ImpliedDeathThreat: Tony Angel gives one of these to Bob and Anne at one point.
34	-->'''Tony''': If I don't get my money back by Monday, what I do to both of your faces will definitely be cubist!
35	* LoonyFan: One of Bob's accomplices completely idolizes him and seeks to emulate him in every way, to an extent that Bob finds embarrassing. [[spoiler:His infatuation eventually causes him to kill a man he thought was double-crossing Bob.]]
36	* LoveableRogue: Bob. As the reviewer of the ''Austin Chronicle'' [[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:155098 puts it]], "Bob could be called a lower-echelon crook, but that would be missing the point; he's a gentleman gambler, wastrel, and sage protector of fallen women."
37	* OneLastJob: The casino heist so Bob can provide better for Anne.
38	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The thieves are a motley crew that includes a transgender bodybuilder.
39	* TheRemake: The original dates from 1955.
40	* SexyBacklessOutfit: Anne's evening dress when she and Bob go to the casino.
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42	* TakeThat: InUniverse - Bob rags on how the French never got rock-n-roll, and points to Creator/JohnnyHallyday as proof, to which Roger responds, "Don't knock Johnny Hallyday."
43	* TitleDrop: Bob explains to Roger, his policeman nemesis, the Biblical story of the Good Thief while in a church.
44	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Philippa, the aforementioned transgender bodybuilder, is afraid of spiders.
45	* YouMustBeCold: While they are out at night, Bob puts his jacket on Anne's shoulders.
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