It Takes a Thief

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It Takes a Thief is a late-1960s American television series about a suave professional thief who is recruited by the U.S. government for secret missions, starring Robert Wagner in the lead role.

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instanceOf American television series
basedOnCharacterType professional thief
character Alexander Mundy NERFINISHED
Alistair Mundy NERFINISHED
Noah Bain NERFINISHED
composer Dave Grusin NERFINISHED
countryOfBroadcast United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Roland Kibbee NERFINISHED
distributionFormat syndication
employingOrganizationInPlot U.S. government NERFINISHED
executiveProducer Roland Kibbee NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Universal Studios Hollywood NERFINISHED
firstAired 1968
January 9, 1968
followedBy Switch
genre adventure
crime drama
spy fiction
hasTagline Look, Al, I’m not asking you to spy. I’m just asking you to steal.
hasTheme reluctant hero working for government in exchange for freedom
lastAired 1970
March 24, 1970
leadActorRole Robert Wagner as Alexander Mundy NERFINISHED
notableGuestStar Fred Astaire as Alistair Mundy NERFINISHED
numberOfEpisodes 66
numberOfSeasons 3
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRun 1968–1970
pictureFormat color
plotSummary A suave professional thief is released from prison to work for a U.S. government agency in exchange for his freedom.
productionCompany Universal Television NERFINISHED
protagonist Alexander Mundy NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation professional thief
runtimePerEpisode approximately 50 minutes
setting Cold War era
starring Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
Malachi Throne NERFINISHED
Robert Wagner NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 1960s

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