The Thief Who Came to Dinner

Mar 1, 1973

1h 44m

★ 6.9

Webster and Laura took everything they wanted ... each other ... and a diamond worth $6.000.000.

Overview

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.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Bud Yorkin Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Tandem Productions

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Cast

Webster McGee

Ryan O'Neal

Laura Keaton

Jacqueline Bisset

Dave Reilly

Warren Oates

Jackie Johnson

Jill Clayburgh

Gene Henderling

Charles Cioffi

Deams

Ned Beatty

Zukovsky

Austin Pendleton

Dynamite Hector

Gregory Sierra

Ted

Michael Murphy

Edmund Lasker

John Hillerman

Insurance Man

Alan Oppenheimer

Mrs. Donner

Margaret Fairchild

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