"The Thief Who Came to Dinner" is a missed opportunity. It's a comedy that isn't very funny and part suspense/mystery that has neither.
Ryan O'Neal plays a jewel thief who falls for (and who wouldn't?) Jacqueline Bisset. Meanwhile insurance investigator Warren Oates is hot on O'Neal's trail.
It's a slight film with a few chuckles but nothing else. The film came and went quickly in 1972. It's easy to see why. None of the actors are given much of anything to do outside of O'Neal and his character is not interesting enough to sustain a whole movie.
Ryan O'Neal plays a jewel thief who falls for (and who wouldn't?) Jacqueline Bisset. Meanwhile insurance investigator Warren Oates is hot on O'Neal's trail.
It's a slight film with a few chuckles but nothing else. The film came and went quickly in 1972. It's easy to see why. None of the actors are given much of anything to do outside of O'Neal and his character is not interesting enough to sustain a whole movie.