Banning is an insurance agent who is sent in to investigate the robbery. Throughout the film, the main characters experience a passionate love affair, which ends in happiness. In 1999, a remake was released starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Although the main characters still fall in love, the plot of the newer Thomas Crown is somewhat different than the original. As opposed to the bank robbery, Crown steals a Monet painting from a museum that is worth 100 million dollars.
Sexual desire plays a major role in each one of the films.
The first sex scene illustrates the most significant differences from 1968 to 1999. In the original, Banning and Crown begin the evening by enjoying a pleasant dinner and then by retiring to his home. They proceed by playing what seems to be a harmless game of chess. Banning then begins to run her fingers along her bare arms and along her neck. This obviously is a sexual invite of some sort.