It Takes a Thief (TV Series) One Illegal Angel (1968) User Reviews

Some nice, tension filled moments

[bensonmum2 · 7/10 · 28 August 2017]

Mundy is asked to steal a famous Da Vinci painting and sell it to an exiled South American dictator. The plan is for Mundhy to substitute a forgery for the real painting at the last minute. Things go wrong and Mundy is forced to break-in and steal the real Da Vinci.

I'll be shocked if I find an episode of It Takes a Thief that I would call bad. The show's theme, pacing, and writing with Robert Wagner in the lead assures that all of the episodes will at least be somewhat enjoyable. With One Illegal Angel, it might not be the best I've seen so far, but it is entertaining enough. The key to this episode is the tension filled scenes where Mundy is about to be caught stealing the paining. The heist is good, but the aftermath is the highlight. Mundy hiding just inches from the exiled dictator is edge-of-the-seat kind of stuff. Very nice. The supporting cast here includes the always enjoyable Fernando Lamas. He made a very believable ruthless dictator. Again, good stuff.

My only real complaint is with Anthony Zerbe as forger Johnny O'Farrel. I'm not sure if it was the actor or the character, but I wanted to punch him in the face the whole episode.

Nothing special here

[searchanddestroy-1 · 10 March 2015]

Do not watch it for the heist itself. No folks. No, the main interesting plot here is the way our lead tries to swindle an exiled dictator with the genuine painting which he is convinced he has the original instead a fake. As you see, the stealing itself is not the best part of this no so bad after all episode. And it is always a pleasure to watch the handsome good looking - he man - Fernando Lamas, here as the cruel bloody dictator in exile. A South American bad guy, of course, who prepares to invade his country as a sort of "comeback".

I'll be back to comment other épisodes of this worth, unfortunately nearly forgotten series.