It Takes a Thief (1968)

Action · Adventure · Crime

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.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (2,423 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1968)

7.74 avg 16 episodes 7.4 → 7.9 51 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Thief Is a Thief	7.4	121
2	It Takes One to Know One	7.9	79
3	When Boy Meets Girl	7.6	71
4	A Very Warm Reception	7.9	81
5	One Illegal Angel	7.7	74
6	Totally by Design	7.4	63
7	When Thieves Fall In	8.0	60
8	A Spot of Trouble	7.6	59
9	When Good Friends Get Together	8.0	55
10	Birds of a Feather	7.8	55
11	To Steal a Battleship	7.9	56
12	Turnabout	7.5	55
13	The Radomir Miniature	8.1	59
14	Locked in the Cradle of the Keep	7.6	55
15	A Matter of Royal Larceny	7.6	55
16	The Lay of the Land	7.9	52

Season 2 (1968)

7.60 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 7.0 51 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	One Night on Soledade	7.8	54
2	A Sour Note	7.8	58
3	The Bill Is in Committee	7.9	56
4	The Thingamabob Heist	7.7	55
5	Get Me to the Revolution on Time	6.9	52
6	The Packager	7.2	52
7	Hans Across the Border: Part 1	7.6	53
8	Hans Across the Border: Part 2	7.5	43
9	A Case of Red Turnips	7.5	46
10	The Galloping Skin Game	8.6	45
11	Glass Riddle	8.0	42
12	To Catch a Roaring Lion	7.7	45
13	Guess Who's Coming to Rio	8.1	47
14	The Artist Is for Framing	7.3	42
15	The Naked Billionaire	8.1	40
16	A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 1	7.1	35
17	A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 2	7.1	36
18	Catspaw	7.5	38
19	Boom at the Top	7.3	52
20	The Funeral Is on Mundy	7.9	49
21	The Baranoff Timetable	7.6	40
22	Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby	7.2	49
23	The Family	7.8	37
24	38-23-36	7.8	49
25	The Great Chess Gambit	7.5	32
26	Mad in Japan	7.0	39

Season 3 (1969)

7.66 avg 24 episodes 7.1 → 7.3 51 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Saturday Night in Venice	7.1	51
2	Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?	7.0	43
3	The Beautiful People	7.8	44
4	The Great Casino Caper	8.8	52
5	Flowers from Alexander	7.8	53
6	The Blue, Blue Danube	7.4	43
7	The Three Virgins of Rome	8.4	51
8	Payoff in the Piazza	7.5	37
9	The King of Thieves	7.3	38
10	A Friend in Deed	7.4	38
11	The Second Time Around	7.7	44
12	The Old Who Came in from the Spy	8.6	44
13	To Lure a Man	7.9	37
14	The Scorpio Drop	7.1	38
15	Nice Girls Marry Stockbrokers	7.7	37
16	The Steal-Driving Man	7.4	38
17	Touch of Magic	8.1	291
18	Fortune City	7.7	51
19	Situation Red	7.6	35
20	To Sing a Song of Murder	7.8	71
21	The Suzie Simone Caper	7.3	40
22	An Evening with Alistair Mundy	8.1	44
23	Beyond a Treasonable Doubt	7.0	41
24	Project "X"	7.3	44