The Thief Who Came to Dinner

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The Thief Who Came to Dinner

"Webster and Laura took everything they wanted ... each other ... and a diamond worth $6.000.000."

1973

1h 44m

6.9(17 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Overview

A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.

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18 members

Acting

Ryan O'Neal

Webster McGee

Acting

Jacqueline Bisset

Laura Keaton

Acting

Warren Oates

Dave Reilly

Acting

Jill Clayburgh

Jackie Johnson

Acting

Charles Cioffi

Gene Henderling

Acting

Ned Beatty

Deams

Acting

Austin Pendleton

Zukovsky

Acting

Gregory Sierra

Dynamite Hector

Acting

Michael Murphy

Ted

Acting

John Hillerman

Edmund Lasker

Acting

Alan Oppenheimer

Insurance Man

Acting

Margaret Fairchild

Mrs. Donner

No Image

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Jack Manning

Tom Preston

Acting

Richard O'Brien

Sgt. Del Conte

Acting

George Morfogen

Rivera

Acting

Army Archerd

Newsman (uncredited)

Acting

Ollie Ree Alridge

Maid (uncredited)

No Image

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Kevin O'Neal

Copy Boy (uncredited)

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