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It Takes a Thief

American television series
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Summary

It Takes a Thief is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,381 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Roland Kibbee[3]
  • Composer: Dave Grusin[4]
  • Genre: heist film[5], action-adventure television series[6]
  • Cast member: Robert Wagner[7]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[8]
  • Commons category: It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)[9]
  • Original broadcaster: American Broadcasting Company[10]
  • Country of origin: United States[11]
  • Has part(s): It Takes a Thief, season 1[12], It Takes a Thief, season 2[13], It Takes a Thief, season 3[14]
  • Publication date: 1968[15]
  • Start time: January 9, 1968[16]
  • End time: March 24, 1970[17]
  • Number of episodes: 66[18]
  • Title: It Takes a Thief[19]
  • List of episodes: list of It Takes a Thief episodes[20]
  • Duration: 51 minutes[21]
  • Number of seasons: 3[22]
  • P14821: 62572[23]

Why It Matters

It Takes a Thief has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Robert Wagner United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19h ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'nl']
    Douban film id → 5057051
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Douban film id: 5057051, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1792185552325"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 62572
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 62572, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  3. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of episodes → list of It Takes a Thief episodes
    Original network → —
    Has part(s) → It Takes a Thief, season 1, It Takes a Thief, season 2, It Takes a Thief, season 3
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+51'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30637|batch #30637]]: TVmaze #21"
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