The Happy Thieves

The Happy Thieves

1962 | 1h 29m | Comedy, Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

A worldly art thief gets mixed up with murder.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Marshall

CAST

Rex Harrison

Rita Hayworth

Joseph Wiseman

Gregoire Aslan

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:49
Alicia Malone Intro -- The Happy Thieves (1962)
Intro Aired: Oct 2018
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces The Happy Thieves, 1962.

Related Videos

03:36
Happy Thieves, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Marriage Is For The Insecure
Clip
At the Madrid airport, Eve (Rita Hayworth) is about to smuggle a stolen Velazquez painting through customs, Rex Harrison, the actual thief, is standing by in support, distracted by his friend (Virgilio Teixeira), a famous matador with romantic problems, in The Happy Thieves, 1961.
04:23
Happy Thieves, The (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Trying To Be Dishonest
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On the train to Madrid, hotelier and art thief Jim (Rex Harrison) with cohort Eve (Rita Hayworth), whom hes just married, partly in order to keep her on task, discussing morality and receiving duplicitous employee Elek (Julia Pena), whom hed claimed was dead, in The Happy Thieves, 1961.

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