January 9, 1968. It Takes A Thief premiered today on ABC. Robert Wagner's first starring role had him as Alexander Mundy, a cat burglar who reluctantly agrees to steal for a US spy agency, in order to stay out of jail. Malachi Throne (what a great name!) and later Edward Binns played his boss. In the third and last season Fred Astaire sometimes guest starred as Mundy's equally crooked father.
Alexander Mundy was a hero to this introverted fifteen-year-old.
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