The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Insurance investigator Reilly (Warren Oates) gets in touch with cocky jewel thief Webster (Ryan O’Neal) for a second time, for what passes as athletic activity in 1970’s Houston, in The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973, directed by Bud Yorkin, produced with his TV partner Norman Lear.

Houston “Chess Burglar” Webster (Ryan O’Neal), staying with impoverished-heiress girlfriend Laura (Jacqueline Bisset), is not a bit worried that insurance detective Reilly (Warren Oates) has linked him to the latest job, even divulging one of his tactics, in The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973.

Ryan O’Neal, as nerd-turned thief Webster, has burgled and blackmailed Houston big-shot Henderling (Charles Cioffi) into introducing him to rich friends, including unattached Laura (Jacqueline Bisset), with blaring 70’s tuxedos, in The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973, from TV’s Bud Yorkin.