How many seasons does It Takes a Thief have?

It Takes a Thief has 3 seasons with 66 episodes.

When did It Takes a Thief premiere?

It Takes a Thief premiered on November 28, 2009.

It Takes a Thief

ABC Ended Action Adventure

3 Seasons · 66 Episodes · Premiered November 28, 2009 · Ended March 23, 1970

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

16 episodes

E01

A Thief is a Thief (a.k.a. Magnificent Thief)

Wed, Jan 10 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 90 min

The newest recruit, a paroled master thief, is sent by the S.I.A. to steal a briefcase with unknown documents from a Middle Eastern courier. The contents may help to stop an information leak that is causing their top agents to be killed.

E02

It Takes One to Know One

Wed, Jan 17 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

The SIA orders Mundy to infiltrate a gang planning to steal a small, vulnerable nation's crown jewels.

E03

When Boy Meets Girl

Wed, Jan 31 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Unexpected problems plague Mundy's mission to smuggle a defecting British scientist out of an Iron Curtain nation.

E04

A Very Warm Reception

Wed, Feb 7 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy uses various disguises to enter a foreign embassy and assess obstacles to stealing a list of agents.

E05

One Illegal Angel

Wed, Feb 14 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy places a bugged Da Vinci forgery in a dictator's palace.

E06

Totally By Design

Wed, Feb 21 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy must steal a Swiss bank-account passbook to prevent a Middle East tyrant from financing a takeover of a neighboring state.

E07

When Thieves Fall In

Wed, Feb 28 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy has a thief friend paroled so she can help him steal a sable coat that could destroy a trade treaty.

E08

A Spot of Trouble

Wed, Mar 6 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

An island abounding with girls and champagne is Mundy's hunting ground for a microdot.

E09

When Good Friends Get Together

Wed, Mar 13 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy poses as a government official to foil a prince's plan to turn his royal nephew against the United States.

E10

Birds of a Feather

Wed, Mar 20 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al Mundy is assigned to obtain top-secret microfilm which may be in the gold tooth of an imprisoned SIA agent.

E11

To Steal a Battleship

Wed, Mar 27 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al Mundy is assigned to recover NATO defense plans from a woman who is offering them for sale to the wrong people.

E12

Turnabout

Wed, Apr 3 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy is briefed to attempt to steal a new generation of optical lens from a Soviet science institute. At the last moment he is injured and Noah has to step into his shoes, with Mundys coaching.

E13

The Radomir Miniature

Wed, Apr 10 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy travels to Bulgaria to rescue the child of a scientist who defected.

E14

Locked in the Cradle of the Keep

Wed, Apr 17 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

After an agent is killed during a theft attempt, Mundy must finish the man's mission -- as soon as he knows what to steal.

E15

A Matter of Royal Larceny

Wed, Apr 24 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy returns a stolen jeweled globe in time for a coronation but learns his act could result in murder.

E16

The Lay of the Land

Wed, May 1 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Noah sends Al to break into a duchess's villa, not to steal her jewels, but the manuscript of her memoirs.

Season 2

26 episodes

E01

One Night on Soledade

Wed, Sep 25 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al Mundy is assigned to steal the dead body of the son of a Caribbean dictator and return it after an autopsy has been performed.

E02

A Sour Note

Wed, Oct 2 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A temperamental opera singer helps Mundy steal a blackmailer's documents which could expose a fugitive Nazi.

E03

The Bill is in Committee

Wed, Oct 9 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

As a magician, Mundy enters a Latin American dictator's palace for negatives used in a blackmail plot.

E04

The Thingamabob Heist

Wed, Oct 16 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al Mundy is assigned to steal a stolen sample of a revolutionary jet fuel from an international fence.

E05

Get Me to the Revolution on Time

Wed, Oct 23 1968 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy poses as a hotel bartender in a plan to carry out his next theft, a contract between a major cartel and a revolutionary.

E06

The Packager

Wed, Oct 30 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy has evidence on a wealthy traitor, but the culprit threatens to expose Mundy's SIA connection.

E07

Hans Across the Border (1)

Wed, Nov 13 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy gets himself arrested in East Germany as a spy so he can be traded for a double agent.

E08

Hans Across the Border (2)

Wed, Nov 20 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Papers planted by Mundy lead Heinrich to accuse a Soviet general of spying for the United States.

E09

A Case of Red Turnips

Wed, Nov 27 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

To protect identities of SIA agents, Mundy must steal the only print of an avant-garde film.

E10

The Galloping Skin Game

Wed, Dec 4 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A successful mission to get a stolen treaty may cost the life of Mundy's friend.

E11

Glass Riddle

Wed, Dec 18 1968 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy is assigned to rob a bank safe enclosed in glass in full view of a busy city street.

E12

To Catch a Roaring Lion

Wed, Jan 1 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

An African government may collapse if Mundy cannot recover stolen relics.

E13

Guess Who's Coming to Rio

Fri, Jan 10 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

In Rio de Janeiro, Mundy is nearly bombed, threatened, kidnapped and finally arrested for murder.

E14

The Artist is for Framing

Wed, Jan 22 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Fingerprints and other evidence leading to Al's arrest for jewel thefts convince even Noah.

E15

The Naked Billionaire

Wed, Jan 29 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

The government wants a reclusive tycoon to build an anti-missile complex -- as soon as Mundy discovers whether the man is alive.

E16

A Matter of Grey Matter (1)

Wed, Feb 5 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy must steal a missile-fuel formula from a recluse before it falls into enemy hands.

E17

A Matter of Grey Matter (2)

Wed, Feb 12 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy begins to think Dodie's precocious young brother invented the stolen formula.

E18

Catspaw

Wed, Feb 19 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Injured Mundy enlists a former protege to recover crown jewels from a castle.

E19

Boom at the Top

Wed, Feb 26 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

The SIA orders Mundy to give a Washington, D.C., party in hopes he can nab the pickpocket who recently invaded a similar event.

E20

The Funeral is on Mundy

Wed, Mar 12 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Learning he is the target of a professional assassin, Mundy hides in Noah's apartment.

E21

The Baranoff Timetable

Wed, Mar 19 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A jet-setter helps Mundy obtain a document detailing a Communist takeover of South America.

E22

Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby

Wed, Mar 26 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy hires a hard-drinking safecracker to help steal information from a nightclub belonging to a crime boss.

E23

The Family

Wed, Apr 2 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy arranges to be quarantined with a wealthy clan to learn why its patriarch sells oil behind the Iron Curtain.

E24

38-23-36

Wed, Apr 9 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al Mundy tries to find a vital microdot supposedly in the possession of one of a group of international beauty contest winners.

E25

The Great Chess Gambit

Wed, Apr 16 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

The crash of a SAC bomber in Spain sends Mundy on a mission to retrieve a top-secret device that disappeared from the wreckage.

E26

Mad In Japan

Wed, Apr 23 1969 1:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A traitorous SIA agent obstructs Al Mundy's attempts to track down a laser gun being developed by the Chinese.

Season 3

24 episodes

E01

Saturday Night in Venice

Fri, Sep 26 1969 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al 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, Oct 3 1969 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Three foreign agents trying to buy a legendary spy's plutonium confuse Mundy with their quarry.

E03

The Beautiful People

Fri, Oct 10 1969 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

An enemy agent impersonates the captured SIA chief to trick Mundy into locating a defecting Soviet.

E04

The Great Casino Caper

Fri, Oct 17 1969 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al 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, Oct 24 1969 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy'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, Oct 31 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy poses as a reporter to rescue an SIA chief kidnapped by a Hungarian agent.

E07

The Three Virgins of Rome

Fri, Nov 7 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

When Al Mundy is assigned to protect three priceless paintings, he finds that his father wants to steal them.

E08

Payoff in the Piazza

Fri, Nov 14 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

The larcenous plans of Mundy's pal Charlie Brown hamper his efforts to find a widowed queen.

E09

The King of Thieves

Fri, Nov 21 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

An 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, Nov 28 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A 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, Dec 5 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Al 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, Dec 12 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A rusty British operative helps Mundy steal a microdot from an East Berlin museum.

E13

To Lure a Man

Fri, Dec 19 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy 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, Dec 26 1969 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy poses as an astrologer to infiltrate an occult society; his assumed name makes him an assassination target.

E15

Nice Girls Marry Stockbrokers

Fri, Jan 16 1970 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A 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, Jan 20 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Wally 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, Jan 27 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy helps an arthritic ex-thief by inventing a caper, but the escapade interferes with the S.I.A.

E18

Fortune City

Tue, Feb 3 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A dazed Mundy awakens after a car accident in a ghost town, minus his beautiful companion.

E19

Situation Red

Tue, Feb 10 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

An 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, Feb 24 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Musicians become involved in a political plot.

E21

The Suzie Simone Caper

Tue, Mar 3 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

A 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, Mar 10 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Alister and Al pose as clowns to get close to a king threatened by a scheming General.

E23

Beyond a Treasonable Doubt

Tue, Mar 17 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Accusations of treason plunge Mundy into a nightmarish ordeal where friends and enemies become indistinguishable.

E24

Project "X"

Tue, Mar 24 1970 12:30 AM GMT+0000 60 min

Mundy and a stewardess seek a device killing scientists aboard a plane headed for Melbourne.