Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: January 9, 1968
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 66
Networks: ABC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama

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It Takes a Thief(1968)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (23 votes)

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.

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Season 1

16 episodes • 1968Avg: 6.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	A Thief is a Thief	Jan 9, 1968	6.7
2	It Takes One to Know One	Jan 16, 1968	0.0
3	When Boy Meets Girl	Jan 30, 1968	0.0
4	A Very Warm Reception	Feb 6, 1968	0.0
5	One Illegal Angel	Feb 13, 1968	0.0
6	Totally by Design	Feb 20, 1968	6.0
7	When Thieves Fall In	Feb 27, 1968	7.0
8	A Spot of Trouble	Mar 5, 1968	6.0
9	When Good Friends Get Together	Mar 12, 1968	5.0
10	Birds of a Feather	Mar 19, 1968	7.0
11	To Steal a Battleship	Mar 26, 1968	8.0
12	Turnabout	Apr 2, 1968	0.0
13	The Radomir Miniature	Apr 9, 1968	0.0
14	Locked in the Cradle of the Keep	Apr 16, 1968	0.0
15	A Matter of Royal Larceny	Apr 23, 1968	0.0
16	The Lay of the Land	Apr 30, 1968	0.0

Season 2

26 episodes • 1968

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

Season 3

24 episodes • 1969

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

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