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IT TAKES A THIEF: A THIEF IS A THIEF {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The first in this series of dramas in which professional thief Alexander Mundy gives his talents to the S.I.A. (a spy agency), in exchange for a pardon from prison. In this episode, Mundy, in pursuit of a dispatch case containing dossiers that might expose S.I.A. agents in Europe and the Middle East, travels to Lisbon where he discovers an S.I.A. security leak. Mundy's pursuit of an S.I.A. security leak takes him to Montreal where he recovers government secrets. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 9, 1968 Tuesday 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:27:19
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T79:0097
- GENRE: Drama, mystery/suspense
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, mystery/suspense; Crime and criminals
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1968-1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Frank Price … Producer
- Leslie Stevens … Director, Writer
- Roland Kibbee … Writer
- Robert Wagner … Cast, Alexander Mundy
- Malachi Throne … Cast, Noah Bain
- Senta Berger … Cast, Claire Vickers
- John Saxon … Cast, Dead Man
- Susan Saint James … Cast, Stewardess Anne Edwards
- Raymond Burr … Cast, S.I.A. Bureau Chief
- Wally Cox … Cast, Tourist
- James Drury … Cast, Mr. Clifton, Ticket Agent
- Kurt Kasznar … Cast, Nightclub Manager
- Joe Louis … Cast, Prizefighter
- Doug McClure … Cast, Mr. Saunders, Ticket Agent
- Leslie Nielsen … Cast, S.I.A. Security Man
- Michael Forest … Cast, Courier
- Anita Eubank … Cast, Hilary Dickensen
- Willi Koopman … Cast, Jessica Hals
- Stuart Margolin … Cast, Prison Chaplain
- Donald Barry … Cast, Airline Captain
- Eddie Anderson … Cast, Concierge
- Les Crane … Cast