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To Catch A Thief

1936, Movie, NR, 66 mins

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This worthless comedy features Garrick as the inventor of a device designed to stop car thieves. Unfortunately, the car is kept in a friend's garage, which is also being used as the hideout for a gang of said thieves. Garrick manages to trap them all and the owner of an automobile factory purchases his device. leave a comment
Year: 1936
Rated NR

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Cast
John Garrick: John
Mary Lawson: Anne
H.F. Maltby: Sir Herbert Condine
John Wood: Bill Lowther
Vincent Holman: Galloway
Eliot Makeham: Secretary

 

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Who costarred on the old TV ...

Question: Who costarred on the old TV show To Catch a Thief with Robert Wagner? I say it was Eddie Albert, but my husband insists it was Norman Fell. Thanks much.


Answer: Well, I insist that both of you need a little straightening out, Ms. Wendy. For one thing, To Catch a Thief was the Hitchcock film that starred Cary Grant and Grace Kelly as a former high-class thief and the socialite who had designs on him. It Takes a Thief was the Wagner vehicle that swiped the basic concept and made it into a series, which ran on ABC's schedule from January 1968 to September 1970. The general setup was that high-end thief Alexander Mundy (Wagner) was cooling his heels in prison but was offered a chance to work for the government on clandestine operations. Since tooling around Europe and living the high life with various gorgeous babes was more read more

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