
It Takes a Thief
1968–1970 · ABC · 60 min · 3 seasons
S03E24 · Project "X"
Tue, 24 Mar, 10:30 am
Mundy and a stewardess seek a device killing scientists aboard a plane headed for Melbourne.
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
Saturday Night in Venice
Fri, 26 Sept· 60 minAl Mundy is poisoned by a Red agent and has little time to trade a decoding device he has stolen for the antidote.
- E02
Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?
Fri, 3 Oct· 60 minThree foreign agents trying to buy a legendary spy's plutonium confuse Mundy with their quarry.
- E03
The Beautiful People
Fri, 10 Oct· 60 minAn enemy agent impersonates the captured SIA chief to trick Mundy into locating a defecting Soviet.
- E04
The Great Casino Caper
Fri, 17 Oct· 60 minAl Mundy and his father set out to loot the vault of a casino in Venice and sell the lira to a counterfeiter.
- E05
Flowers From Alexander
Fri, 24 Oct· 60 minMundy's seaside vacation in Italy is rudely interrupted when enemy agents following an SIA courier assume Al is her accomplice.
- E06
The Blue, Blue Danube
Fri, 31 Oct· 60 minMundy poses as a reporter to rescue an SIA chief kidnapped by a Hungarian agent.
- E07
The Three Virgins of Rome
Fri, 7 Nov· 60 minWhen Al Mundy is assigned to protect three priceless paintings, he finds that his father wants to steal them.
- E08
Payoff in the Piazza
Fri, 14 Nov· 60 minThe larcenous plans of Mundy's pal Charlie Brown hamper his efforts to find a widowed queen.
- E09
The King of Thieves
Fri, 21 Nov· 60 minAn embarrassing kidnap case -- the victim is the daughter of a U.S. senatorial candidate whose press secretary is smearing the S.I.A.
- E10
A Friend in Deed
Fri, 28 Nov· 60 minA good friend of Al Mundy names him as the thief who stole a file containing the names of the dreaded Italian Brotherhood.
- E11
The Second Time Around
Fri, 5 Dec· 60 minAl Mundy and his father thwart communist execution attempts and set out to prevent a financial disaster.
- E12
The Old Who Came in From the Spy
Fri, 12 Dec· 60 minA rusty British operative helps Mundy steal a microdot from an East Berlin museum.
- E13
To Lure a Man
Fri, 19 Dec· 60 minMundy struggles to outwit an enemy intelligence chief who is forcing him to lead the S.I.A.'s top man into a trap.
- E14
The Scorpio Drop
Fri, 26 Dec· 60 minMundy poses as an astrologer to infiltrate an occult society; his assumed name makes him an assassination target.
- E15
Nice Girls Marry Stockbrokers
Fri, 16 Jan· 60 minA fashion photographer insists on taking the place of her deceased roommate to retrieve an S.I.A. code book in Paris.
- E16
The Steal-Driving Man
Tue, 20 Jan· 60 minWally Powers induces Al Mundy to drive in a Formula I car race in Cordona where the SIA suspects the Russians are building Cuba-type missile bases and where vice-president Paulo Monteggo plans to topple the government. Al, using the cover name of Paul Stratford, is confronted by Corie Laughton of the credentials committee, but convinces her to go along with his fanciful excuse for anonymity.
- E17
Touch of Magic
Tue, 27 Jan· 60 minMundy helps an arthritic ex-thief by inventing a caper, but the escapade interferes with the S.I.A.
- E18
Fortune City
Tue, 3 Feb· 60 minA dazed Mundy awakens after a car accident in a ghost town, minus his beautiful companion.
- E19
Situation Red
Tue, 10 Feb· 60 minAn Air Force Major has a paranoid reaction to a prescription drug and takes over the Command Center during a bomber drill. Al is called in to extract him from the locked President's bunker before he starts World War III.
- E20
To Sing a Song of Murder
Tue, 24 Feb· 60 minMusicians become involved in a political plot.
- E21
The Suzie Simone Caper
Tue, 3 Mar· 60 minA Nazi diary reveals that a painting by Matisse has a hidden list of Nazi war criminals. Wally calls Al to steal the painting, which is protected by a sophisticated security system.
- E22
An Evening With Alister Mundy
Tue, 10 Mar· 60 minAlister and Al pose as clowns to get close to a king threatened by a scheming General.
- E23
Beyond a Treasonable Doubt
Tue, 17 Mar· 60 minAccusations of treason plunge Mundy into a nightmarish ordeal where friends and enemies become indistinguishable.
- E24
Project "X"
Tue, 24 Mar· 60 minMundy and a stewardess seek a device killing scientists aboard a plane headed for Melbourne.
Cast

Robert Wagner
Alexander "Al" Mundy

Malachi Throne
Noah Bain

Fred Astaire
Alister Mundy

Senta Berger
Lorrie James / Claire Vickers

John Saxon
Dead Man























