It Takes a ThiefŘada 1

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Alexander Mundy - smooth, suave, sophisticated - is the world's greatest cat burglar. Finally arrested after years of pilfering, he strikes a deal with American agent Noah Bain: a full pardon if Mundy agrees to use his skills to steal for the SIA, an American espionage agency. Technically under house arrest, Mundy travels all over the world performing daring acts of thievery in the name of Uncle Sam.

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A Thief is a Thief
D1
A Thief is a ThiefMaster thief Alexander Mundy is paroled from prison by SIA special agent Noah Bain in order to steal for the United States government on special occasions.
It Takes One to Know One
D2
It Takes One to Know OneMundy is tasked with going to a small European state who's only source of income is its casino. Soviet infiltrators are attempting to steal the states crown jewels as a way of forcing the casino to close. Mundy must try and stop the robbery from happening
When Boy Meets Girl
D3
When Boy Meets GirlAl is sent to small country to lie low after he has stolen jewels in London. It's part of his cover as he's been sent to retrieve important information on how much information a double agent has given to the Soviets.
A Very Warm Reception
D4
A Very Warm ReceptionNancy Ross-White, an S.I.A. agent, has infiltrated the Istrian Embassy, in Washington, D.C., posing as the social secretary to the ambassador's wife. The S.I.A.'s objective is a microfilm record of Istrian agents operating against the interests of the United States. An S.I.A. agent was already killed in the embassy, outside the main reception salon, by special police honor guards under the command of Colonel Savrille, while trying to find the microfilm. Noah wants Al to get into the embassy, find the hidden safe, and steal the microfilm: ""a classic heist"", or it's back to San Jobal prison for Al.
One Illegal Angel
D5
One Illegal AngelMundy steals a famous Da Vinci painting, and arranges a buyer. To maximize his profits he arranges for a counterfeiter to produce a copy of the painting.
Totally by Design
D6
Totally by DesignMundy must infiltrate a small Middle Eastern nation that is taking agricultural equipment supplied by the State department and reselling it for weapons. Once in, Mundy has to figure out a way the short circuit the deal.
When Thieves Fall In
D7
When Thieves Fall InMundy has to find a way to steal a shipment of Baltic furs that have valuable information about ICBM designs sown into them.
A Spot of Trouble
D8
A Spot of TroubleSensitive plans for a new weapon are stolen, and after the best agents in the government fail to locate them back Mundy is called. What seems like an easy job becomes complicated when it is realized the plans have been micro dotted
When Good Friends Get Together
D9
When Good Friends Get TogetherThe Prince of an Asian country is visiting the US. There are concerns that an assassination attempt could happen. Mundy is asked to join the prince's house hold and try and spot any potential threats
Birds of a Feather
D10
Birds of a FeatherMundy's mission to retrieve a microfilm capsule leads him from an eccentric spy in a communist prison to a beautiful ambassador's wife with a cameo ring marked confidential.
To Steal a Battleship
D11
To Steal a BattleshipA U.N diplomat is suspected of stealing NATO plans and trying to sell them. Mundy must search the man's extensive house and try to recover the documents.
Turnabout
D12
TurnaboutAl must recover a unique lens that connected to a laser beam will cause all sorts of destruction. The only problem, Al's just broken his leg so he convinces Noah to pull the job off with his help.
The Radomir Miniature
D13
The Radomir MiniatureWhile escaping across the border with his family, the ten year-old daughter of a scientist is captured, and being held against him for his return. Al Mundy to the rescue.
Locked in the Cradle of the Keep
D14
Locked in the Cradle of the KeepAl meets Boris in an alley to make a ""swap"", information for money, as part of a plan by the S.I.A. to establish Al's cover as a defector and traitor. Noah pulls up in a car, start's shooting, and yells at Al that ""No agent goes double on me and lives to enjoy it"". Al then flies to an Eastern block country and makes contact with the ""underground"". Al learns from Ilsa, a member of the underground posing as his girlfriend, that his contact, Professor Gorokhov, was killed the night before. The underground does not know what Al has to steal, only where it is, and whatever it is, once revealed, will cause a great upheaval in most of the Iron Curtain governments. Ilsa takes Al to the State Museum and tells him that whatever he has to steal is in there. As to where in the museum it could be, all Ilsa can tell Al is what the professor's last words were as she got to him before he died, he said, ""The keep, the crib in the keep...""
A Matter of Royal Larceny
D15
A Matter of Royal LarcenyAt a royal bash, Samantha Sutton, an American beer heiress, the third wealthiest gal in the world, who's kooky and a ding-a-ling, got a little stoned and shoplifted ""The Royal Orb"" of San Marco. Noah wants Al to place it back in the Royal Tower room before an international incident occurs. In a plot by the Prime Minister to take over the country, Garth had C3, an unstable plastic explosive, placed inside the orb and it is timed to explode and kill the new king during his coronation ceremony. Al figures this out and has to get to the coronation before the bomb goes off!
The Lay of the Land
D16
The Lay of the LandNoah wants Al to borrow the unpublished memoirs of The Duchess of Lambrose, so they can be microfilmed, and then returned, without her knowing. The Duchess was one of the most sought after women of her time, and her memoirs deal with the most important men in Europe and America of the past forty years; kings, prime ministers, generals and dictators. The memoirs could prove embarrassing to the west, as some of her admirers were important American diplomats. Noah wants the microfilm in order to read the memoirs before they are published, and find out just what the diplomats whispered into her ear. The S.I.A. wants to make sure that there are no incriminating secrets in the memoirs that may jeopardize the security of the western world. The memoirs are to be published after the duchess' death, but Noah suspects that the enemies of the U.S., who want them published now, will try to accelerate the publishing date, by ""knocking her off!""