It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)

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It Takes a Thief was an American action-adventure television series that aired on the ABC Network for two and a half seasons between January 9, 1968 to March 24, 1970.

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It Takes a Thief featured the adventures of cat burglar, pick pocket, and thief Alexander Mundy (Robert Wagner) who steals to finance his life as a polished playboy and sophisticate. He is in prison when discovered by the U.S. Government's SIA (secret intelligence agency), they propose a deal to Mundy: steal for the government in exchange for his freedom; his Cold War adventures begin, Hey, look, Al, I'm not asking you to spy, I'm just asking you to steal is the catch phrase with which his SIA boss Noah Bain (Malachi Throne) handles him as a government thief. This series was introduced with the pilot-television film The Magnificent Thief (1968) by Don Taylor and featured Alexander Mundy as its protagonist.

During the third season, Fred Astaire played Alaistair Mundy, Alexander's father, also a master gentleman-thief whose catch phrase, at each episode's start is: "I've heard of stealing from the government, but not for the government." Later, in the series's third season, Malachi Throne was replaced by Edward Binns as Mundy's SIA chief.

It Takes a Thief was among the last of the 1960s spy television genre, although Mission: Impossible continued for several years. It Takes A Thief was inspired by, though not based upon, the 1955 Cary Grant motion picture To Catch a Thief, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, although both of their titles stem from the English proverb, It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Universal is reportedly planning to produce a feature film remake of It Takes a Thief in 2008, with Will Smith as Alexander Mundy. Smith will also produce. David Elliot and Paul Lovett (Four Brothers) are set to write the script [1].

Episode # Original Air Date (US) Episode Title Guest cast
1-01 9 January 1968 A Thief is a Thief Senta Berger, Raymond Burr, Leslie Nielsen, Susan Saint James
1-02 16 January 1968 It Takes One to Know One Len Birman
1-03 30 January 1968 When Boy Meets Girl
1-04 6 February 1968 A Very Warm Reception
1-05 13 February 1968 One Illegal Angel
1-06 20 February 1968 Totally By Design
1-07 27 February 1968 When Thieves Fall In
1-08 5 March 1968 A Spot of Trouble
1-09 12 March 1968 When Good Friends Get Together
1-10 19 March 1968 Birds of a Feather
1-11 26 March 1968 To Steal a Battleship
1-12 2 April 1968 Turnabout
1-14 9 April 1968 The Radomir Miniature
1-14 16 April 1968 Locked in the Cradle of the Keep
1-15 23 April 1968 A Matter of Royal Larceny
1-16 30 April 1968 The Lay of the Land

Episode # Original Air Date (US) Episode Title Guest cast
2-01 24 September 1968 One Night on Soledade
2-02 1 October 1968 A Sour Note
2-03 8 October 1968 The Bill is in Committee
2-04 15 October 1968 The Thingamabob Heist
2-05 22 October 1968 Get Me to the Revolution on Time
2-06 29 October 1968 The Packager
2-07 12 November 1968 Hans Across the Border - Part 1
2-08 19 November 1968 Hans Across the Border - Part 2
2-09 26 November 1968 A Case of Red Turnips
2-10 3 December 1968 The Galloping Skin Game
2-11 17 December 1968 Glass Riddle
2-12 31 December 1968 To Catch a Roaring Lion
2-13 7 January 1969 Guess Who's Coming to Rio?
2-14 21 January 1969 The Artist Is for Framing
2-15 28 January 1969 The Naked Billionaire
2-16 11 February 1969 A Matter of Grey Matter - Part 1
2-17 11 February 1969 A Matter of Grey Matter - Part 2
2-18 18 February 1969 Catspaw
2-19 25 February 1969 Boom at the Top
2-20 11 March 1969 The Funeral Is on Mundy
2-21 18 March 1969 The Baranoff Time Table
2-22 25 March 1969 Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby
2-23 1 April 1969 The Family
2-24 8 April 1969 38-23-36
2-25 15 April 1969 The Great Chess Gambit
2-26 22 April 1969 Mad in Japan

Episode # Original Air Date (US) Episode Title Guest cast
3-01 25 September 1969 Saturday Night in Venice
3-02 2 October 1969 Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?
3-03 9 October 1969 The Beautiful People
3-04 16 October 1969 The Great Casino Caper Fred Astaire
3-05 23 October 1969 Flowers from Alexander
3-06 30 October 1969 The Blue, Blue Danube
3-07 6 November 1969 The Three Virgins of Rome Fred Astaire
3-08 13 November 1969 Payoff in the Piazza
3-09 20 November 1969 The King of Thieves
3-10 27 November 1969 A Friend in Deed
3-11 4 December 1969 The Second Time Around Fred Astaire
3-12 11 December 1969 The Old Who Came in from the Spy
3-13 18 December 1969 To Lure a Man
3-14 25 December 1969 The Scorpio Drop
3-15 15 January 1970 Nice Girls Marry Stock Brokers
3-16 19 January 1970 The Steal-Driving Man
3-17 26 January 1970 Touch of Magic
3-18 2 February 1970 Fortune City Stefanie Powers
3-19 2 February 1970 Situation Red
3-20 23 February 1970 To Sing a Song of Murder The Fifth Dimension - Marilyn McCoo, Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue Gordon, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson.
3-21 2 March 1970 The Suzie Simone Caper
3-22 9 March 1970 An Evening with Alister Mundy Fred Astaire
3-23 16 March 1970 Beyond a Treasonable Doubt
3-24 24 March 1970 Project X

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