The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)

Director
Bud Yorkin

Main cast
Ryan O'Neal; Jacqueline Bisset; Warren Oates; Jill Clayburgh; Charles Cioffi

Genres
Romance, Comedy

Description
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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