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It Takes a Thief
1968 - 1970 7.0 (23 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Drama
Networks
ABC
Created By
Roland Kibbee

It Takes a Thief

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner

Alexander Mundy

Malachi Throne
Malachi Throne

Noah Bain

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1968)

No overview available.

16 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Thief is a Thief
1968-01-09

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: It Takes One to Know One
1968-01-16

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: When Boy Meets Girl
1968-01-30

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: A Very Warm Reception
1968-02-06

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: One Illegal Angel
1968-02-13

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: Totally by Design
1968-02-20

Mundy must infiltrate a small Middle Eastern nation that is taking agricultural equipment supplied by the State department and reselling it for weapons. Once in, Mundy has to figure out a way the short circuit the deal.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: When Thieves Fall In
1968-02-27

Mundy has to find a way to steal a shipment of Baltic furs that have valuable information about ICBM designs sown into them.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: A Spot of Trouble
1968-03-05

Sensitive plans for a new weapon are stolen, and after the best agents in the government fail to locate them back Mundy is called. What seems like an easy job becomes complicated when it is realized the plans have been micro dotted

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: When Good Friends Get Together
1968-03-12

The Prince of an Asian country is visiting the US. There are concerns that an assassination attempt could happen. Mundy is asked to join the prince's house hold and try and spot any potential threats

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: Birds of a Feather
1968-03-19

Mundy's mission to retrieve a microfilm capsule leads him from an eccentric spy in a communist prison to a beautiful ambassador's wife with a cameo ring marked confidential.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: To Steal a Battleship
1968-03-26

A U.N diplomat is suspected of stealing NATO plans and trying to sell them. Mundy must search the man's extensive house and try to recover the documents.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: Turnabout
1968-04-02

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: The Radomir Miniature
1968-04-09

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 14: Locked in the Cradle of the Keep
1968-04-16

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 15: A Matter of Royal Larceny
1968-04-23

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 16: The Lay of the Land
1968-04-30

Runtime: 50 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1968)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: One Night on Soledade
1968-09-24

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: A Sour Note
1968-10-01

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: The Bill is in Committee
1968-10-08

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: The Thingamabob Heist
1968-10-15

Al must steal a sample of a revolutionary new type of jet fuel, the only trouble is he doesn't know what to look for.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: Get Me to the Revolution on Time
1968-10-22

Al must pose as a cocktail mixologist to gain access to a safe which can only be opened with multiple electronic keys, each emitting a different tonal pitch.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: The Packager
1968-10-29

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Hans Across the Border (1)
1968-11-12

Al's simple task this time involves the recovery of a set of papers from a wall safe but, the safe is in a house located somewhere behind the Berlin Wall. Breaking in is the first trick, breaking back out again is the real challenge.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: Hans Across the Border (2)
1968-11-19

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: A Case of Red Turnips
1968-11-26

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: The Galloping Skin Game
1968-12-03

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Glass Riddle
1968-12-17

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: To Catch a Roaring Lion
1968-12-31

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: Guess Who's Coming to Rio?
1969-01-07

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 14: The Artist is for Framing
1969-01-21

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 15: The Naked Billionaire
1969-01-28

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 16: A Matter of Grey Matter (1)
1969-02-04

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 17: A Matter of Grey Matter (2)
1969-02-11

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 18: Catspaw
1969-02-18

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 19: Boom at the Top
1969-02-25

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 20: The Funeral is on Mundy
1969-03-11

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 21: The Baranoff Timetable
1969-03-18

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 22: Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby
1969-03-25

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 23: The Family
1969-04-01

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 24: 38-23-36
1969-04-08

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 25: The Great Chess Gambit
1969-04-15

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 26: Mad in Japan
1969-04-22

Runtime: 50 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1969)

No overview available.

24 episodes

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