The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Synopsis:
A computer engineer becomes a jewel thief, stealing from the corrupt super-rich and leaving a calling card with a chess motif. He dates a socialite, with whom he shares his identity, but also jousts with an insurance investigator. Meanwhile his ex-wife suddenly finds him sexier...
Review:
This caper comedy may have looked good on paper, but the star is desperately short of the necessary charisma to bring it off, and the script offers him little in the way of help.
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Synopsis:
A computer engineer becomes a jewel thief, stealing from the corrupt super-rich and leaving a calling card with a chess motif. He dates a socialite, with whom he shares his identity, but also jousts with an insurance investigator. Meanwhile his ex-wife suddenly finds him sexier...
Review:
This caper comedy may have looked good on paper, but the star is desperately short of the necessary charisma to bring it off, and the script offers him little in the way of help.
Country: US
Technical: col 105m
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Synopsis:
A computer engineer becomes a jewel thief, stealing from the corrupt super-rich and leaving a calling card with a chess motif. He dates a socialite, with whom he shares his identity, but also jousts with an insurance investigator. Meanwhile his ex-wife suddenly finds him sexier...
Review:
This caper comedy may have looked good on paper, but the star is desperately short of the necessary charisma to bring it off, and the script offers him little in the way of help.