It Takes a Thief: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Alexander Mundy was a cat burglar and professional thief who had style, class and talent. He made only one mistake—getting caught. While serving a sentence in San Jobel Prison, he was contacted by representatives of the US Government spy agency, SIA. They offered to get him out if he would put his talents to work stealing for the government. Accepting the offer, he worked closely with an SIA department head, Noah Bain, who was his boss, aide, associate, friend and watchdog. During the second season he was now a free agent and his new SIA contact was Wallie Powers. Alexander's dad Alister became a semi-regular who was also a retired thief, from whom he had learned all his skills, and who occasionally teamed with his son on special jobs.

Series details

• Title: It Takes a Thief
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1968-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5518
• IMDb ID: tt0062572
• TVDB ID: 76398

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Wagner — Alexander "Al" Mundy
• Malachi Throne — Noah Bain
• Fred Astaire — Alister Mundy
• Senta Berger — Lorrie James / Claire Vickers
• John Saxon — Dead Man

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1968-01-09; final listed air date 1968-04-30.
• Season 2: premiered 1968-09-24; final listed air date 1969-04-22.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-09-25; final listed air date 1970-03-23.

Source and licence

Adapted from It Takes a Thief on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.