The Thief Who Came to Dinner
The Thief Who Came to Dinner

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Bored and somewhat fed up with the open corruption around him, Webster McGee decides to quit his job as a computer engineer at Houston-based Control Data Corporation. What he doesn't tell his friends and now former associates is that he does have a plan for his future: to become a jewel thief. His initial primary motivation is not the money, but rather be what he considers an honest thief. His first successful theft against corrupt businessman Gene Henderling leads to several... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Thief Who Came to Dinner:

Ryan O'Neal
Jacqueline Bisset
Warren Oates
Jill Clayburgh
Charles Cioffi
Ned Beatty

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Bored and somewhat fed up with the open corruption around him, Webster McGee decides to quit his job as a computer engineer at Houston-based Control Data Corporation. What he doesn't tell his friends and now former associates is that he does have a plan for his future: to become a jewel thief. His initial primary motivation is not the money, but rather be what he considers an honest thief. His first successful theft against corrupt businessman Gene Henderling leads to several things. Out of circumstance, Webster is able to have a long list of potential future targets. Webster begins a relationship with poor but beautiful socialite Laura Keaton, to who he is open about what he now does as a living. Because he leaves at his thefts a calling card in the form a chess piece and a slip of paper with a chess move, Webster, being coined the Chess Burglar by the media, begins a very public chess match with the Houston Post's elitist chess columnist Zukovsky, who dismisses the Chess Burglar as an amateur in every respect of the word. But most importantly, Webster becomes the only suspect as the Chess Burglar by insurance investigator David Reilly, to who Webster taunts as indeed being the Chess Burglar short of coming right out and saying the words. Another outcome of Webster's relationship with Dave is that Webster's ex-wife, actress Jackie Johnson, reenters his life, she who left a boring computer engineer, but who is interested in a relationship with an exciting jewel thief.

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 9/10 by Dennis SchwartzA mild, inconsequential episodic caper comedy.
User Review - 8/10 by Darrin CGood pace enough to keep watching. Never get into a game of Cat And Mouse with Warren Oates!
User Review - 8/10 by DC FGood pace enough to keep watching. Never get into a game of Cat And Mouse with Warren Oates!
User Review - 6/10 by Vadim DThe film is silly and irrelevant, but Ryan O'Neal was so easy on the eyes and charming in his acting and delivery that it's still fun to watch. His pairing with Jacqueline Bisset makes it even more so. This film is pure 60s/70s fluff, and that's just enough sometime.
User Review - 4/10 by Camille LThe Thief Who Came to Dinner est franchement inintéressant au possible, malgré son côté comique assez poussé (peu étonnant de la part de Bud Yorkin) et la prestation plutôt admirable de Ryan O'Neal (qu'on a vu bien meilleur ailleurs) qui se démène pour faire vivre un scénario qui semble avoir été charcuté pour laisser place à une romance avec la terriblement nulle Jacqueline Bisset. Warren Oates est le principal ressort comique et il s'en sort très bien, dans ce marasme de comédie. Paradoxalement, le film n'est pas désagréable à suivre, surtout grâce à la musique omniprésente d'Henri Mancini. The Thief Who Came to Dinner est complètement oublié et ce n'est pas forcément une mauvaise chose.

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