It Takes a Thief

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1968 • Action & Adventure, Drama

Rating: 7.2 / 10

Status: Ended

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 66

Original Language: English

Network: ABC

Convicted cat burglar Alexander Mundy gets an offer he can't refuse from the United States government: If he puts his formidable thieving skills to work for them, he'll be released from prison. Alexander's dad, Alister, sometimes comes out of retirement as a thief to help his son on special jobs.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 0 Poster

Season 0

Season 1 Poster

Season 1

Season 2 Poster

Season 2

Season 3 Poster

Season 3

Season 1 Episodes

1 - A Thief is a Thief (Tue, Jan 9, 1968)
2 - It Takes One to Know One (Tue, Jan 16, 1968)
3 - When Boy Meets Girl (Tue, Jan 30, 1968)
4 - A Very Warm Reception (Tue, Feb 6, 1968)
5 - One Illegal Angel (Tue, Feb 13, 1968)
6 - Totally by Design (Tue, Feb 20, 1968)
7 - When Thieves Fall In (Tue, Feb 27, 1968)
8 - A Spot of Trouble (Tue, Mar 5, 1968)
9 - When Good Friends Get Together (Tue, Mar 12, 1968)
10 - Birds of a Feather (Tue, Mar 19, 1968)
11 - To Steal a Battleship (Tue, Mar 26, 1968)
12 - Turnabout (Tue, Apr 2, 1968)
13 - The Radomir Miniature (Tue, Apr 9, 1968)
14 - Locked in the Cradle of the Keep (Tue, Apr 16, 1968)
15 - A Matter of Royal Larceny (Tue, Apr 23, 1968)
16 - The Lay of the Land (Tue, Apr 30, 1968)

Season 2 Episodes

1 - One Night on Soledade (Tue, Sep 24, 1968)
2 - A Sour Note (Tue, Oct 1, 1968)
3 - The Bill is in Committee (Tue, Oct 8, 1968)
4 - The Thingamabob Heist (Tue, Oct 15, 1968)
5 - Get Me to the Revolution on Time (Tue, Oct 22, 1968)
6 - The Packager (Tue, Oct 29, 1968)
7 - Hans Across the Border (1) (Tue, Nov 12, 1968)
8 - Hans Across the Border (2) (Tue, Nov 19, 1968)
9 - A Case of Red Turnips (Tue, Nov 26, 1968)
10 - The Galloping Skin Game (Tue, Dec 3, 1968)
11 - Glass Riddle (Tue, Dec 17, 1968)
12 - To Catch a Roaring Lion (Tue, Dec 31, 1968)
13 - Guess Who's Coming to Rio? (Tue, Jan 7, 1969)
14 - The Artist is for Framing (Tue, Jan 21, 1969)
15 - The Naked Billionaire (Tue, Jan 28, 1969)
16 - A Matter of Grey Matter (1) (Tue, Feb 4, 1969)
17 - A Matter of Grey Matter (2) (Tue, Feb 11, 1969)
18 - Catspaw (Tue, Feb 18, 1969)
19 - Boom at the Top (Tue, Feb 25, 1969)
20 - The Funeral is on Mundy (Tue, Mar 11, 1969)
21 - The Baranoff Timetable (Tue, Mar 18, 1969)
22 - Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby (Tue, Mar 25, 1969)
23 - The Family (Tue, Apr 1, 1969)
24 - 38-23-36 (Tue, Apr 8, 1969)
25 - The Great Chess Gambit (Tue, Apr 15, 1969)
26 - Mad in Japan (Tue, Apr 22, 1969)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - Saturday Night in Venice (Thu, Sep 25, 1969)
2 - Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars? (Thu, Oct 2, 1969)
3 - The Beautiful People (Thu, Oct 9, 1969)
4 - The Great Casino Caper (Thu, Oct 16, 1969)
5 - Flowers from Alexander (Thu, Oct 23, 1969)
6 - The Blue, Blue Danube (Thu, Oct 30, 1969)
7 - The Three Virgins of Rome (Thu, Nov 6, 1969)
8 - Payoff in the Piazza (Thu, Nov 13, 1969)
9 - The King of Thieves (Thu, Nov 20, 1969)
10 - A Friend in Deed (Thu, Nov 27, 1969)
11 - The Second Time Around (Thu, Dec 4, 1969)
12 - The Old Who Came in from the Spy (Thu, Dec 11, 1969)
13 - To Lure a Man (Thu, Dec 18, 1969)
14 - The Scorpio Drop (Thu, Dec 25, 1969)
15 - Nice Girls Marry Stockbrokers (Mon, Jan 12, 1970)
16 - The Steal-Driving Man (Mon, Jan 19, 1970)
17 - Touch of Magic (Mon, Jan 26, 1970)
18 - Fortune City (Mon, Feb 2, 1970)
19 - Situation Red (Mon, Feb 9, 1970)
20 - To Sing a Song of Murder (Mon, Feb 23, 1970)
21 - The Suzie Simone Caper (Mon, Mar 2, 1970)
22 - An Evening with Alister Mundy (Mon, Mar 9, 1970)
23 - Beyond a Treasonable Doubt (Mon, Mar 16, 1970)
24 - Project X (Mon, Mar 23, 1970)

Main Cast

Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner

(Alexander Mundy)

Malachi Throne

Malachi Throne

Edward Binns

Edward Binns

(Wallie Powers)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

(Alister Mundy)

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