The Thief Who Came to Dinner

The Thief Who Came to Dinner

1973 | 1h 45m | Comedy, Investigation | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

A chess playing computer analyst chucks the straight life to become a jewel thief. He falls in love with a society girl, and befriends an insurance investigator who finds the thief so lovable that he can't turn him in.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Bud Yorkin

CAST

Ryan O'Neal

Jacqueline Bisset

Warren Oates

Jill Clayburgh

Charles Cioffi

Ned Beatty

Austin Pendleton

Gregory Sierra

Michael Murphy

PRODUCERS

Norman Lear

Michael Moore

Bud Yorkin

WRITERS

Walter Hill

Related Videos

03:37
Thief Who Came To Dinner, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) How Come You Haven't Caught Him?
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Houston Chess Burglar Webster (Ryan ONeal), 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.
03:33
Thief Who Came To Dinner, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Too Beautiful To Be Any Good
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Ryan ONeal, 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 70s tuxedos, in The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973, from TVs Bud Yorkin.
03:28
Thief Who Came To Dinner, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Well Then Pursue Him!
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Insurance investigator Reilly (Warren Oates) gets in touch with cocky jewel thief Webster (Ryan ONeal) for a second time, for what passes as athletic activity in 1970s Houston, in The Thief Who Came To Dinner, 1973, directed by Bud Yorkin, produced with his TV partner Norman Lear.

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