Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
shakspryn
Other reviewers have done an excellent job on the big picture of this fine series. I want to comment on a particular aspect, Al Mundy as a suave secret agent and a champion ladies' man. A big part of the appeal of the 1960's Bond films was that Bond had a hearty appreciation for attractive women. "Thief," with the handsome and charismatic Robert Wagner in the title role, emphasized this aspect of his secret agent adventures.Each week, there would be a beautiful woman as guest star, and usually there would be some romantic sparks with Al. Some women did more than one guest appearance. It was a fun aspect of the show.Now, jump ahead about a decade, to Wagner in "Hart to Hart." In that show, he's married to Stefanie Powers. Casanova is safely domesticated. I think the network people thought this change was more sensitive, or something. The result, to me, was a dull show. Thank goodness that there was no Mrs. Mundy to squelch the great Al!
WWhitney98
I had been looking for this series on DVD also because I grew up watching the show and always caught it in reruns. I did a google search and found the series available from several suppliers. Not the usual places I buy DVD's from, however. I haven't seen this show in years so I'm purchasing the DVD set myself. This show is great because of the suspense involved and skills that Robert Wagner's character uses to get into and out of various situations. If you plan on buying the DVD series, make sure you check out several of the suppliers from the Google search because the price did vary somewhat from supplier to supplier.
Brewski-2
Someone do a DVD boxed set with commentaries on this quickly before Malachi Throne, Susan St. James and R.J. leave us!!!! Much like the Man From UNCLE, Mission: Impossible and other shows "filmed" all over the world, the Universal backlot was Paris, Istanbul, Rome, etc. But the one thing this show did have that none other would was R.J., AKA Robert Wagner. The first season was great and when joined by his Dad (Fred Astaire) the scripts became a little more tortured, but still, you wanted to move and talk like R.J. When Bette Davis was a co-star as an ailing female thief that was going to hold a formal party, R. J. commented on the class she exuded by saying, "White Tie - First Cabin". He is what Austin Powers attempted to be, he is what a less brutal version of Connery's Bond could have been. No matter where he went, he could be the playboy who knew the best Bistro in Cannes, the grooviest bar in Picadilly, the best casino in Monaco. He had the women: Susan St. James before Rock Hudson, an early interracial fling with one of the Fifth Dimension-ettes. Studios are making a fortune on DVD releases. I am stunned with slack-jawed amazement that they can come up with the first season of the Brady Bunch but not a unique cultural event like "It Takes a Thief". Trust me, we'll buy it.
jazz-45
I WISH THEY'D HAVE A ROBERT WAGNER WEEK, where they'd show::ALL 85 of his Movies..... ALL Hart to Hart episodes ALL episodes of series SWITCH ALL episodes of series IT TAKES a ThiefHE is the Best ACTOR since CARY GRANT and the only man who could possibly do a Cary Grant remake. Thanks for letting me comment.
