Love Among Thieves (TV 1987)

Romantic mystery-heist story about a baroness and concert pianist who is forced to steal some priceless Faberge eggs and deliver them to ransom her kidnapped fiancé in Latin America.

Director:

Roger Young

Writers:

Stephen Black, Henry Stern

Stars:

Audrey Hepburn, Robert Wagner, Patrick Bauchau

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Audrey Hepburn	...	Baroness Caroline DuLac
Robert Wagner	...	Mike Chambers
Patrick Bauchau	...	Alan Channing
Jerry Orbach	...	Spicer
Brion James	...	Andre
Samantha Eggar	...	Solange
Christopher Neame	...	Ian
Kenneth Kimmins	...	Booking officer
Ismael 'East' Carlo	...	Mazo
Alma Beltran	...	Airline clerk
John Davis Chandler	...	San Francisco desk clerk
Robert Cota	...	Waiter in cafe (as Bob Cota)
Dante D'Andre	...	Doctor
Joy Garrett	...	Hooker
Tonyo Meléndez	...	Airport official

Storyline

Caroline DuLac, a baroness and concert pianist, steals three jewel-encrusted Faberge eggs from a San Francisco museum. The eggs were demanded as ransom for her kidnapped fiancé. She boards a plane for the Latin American city of Ladera, as per instructions, and is met by Mike Chambers. Caroline first believes that Mike is one of the kidnappers, until a mysterious man in a trench-coat tries to kill her, and Mike comes to the rescue. They are then both captured by a band of Mexican bandits, who also may or may not be part of the scheme.

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Plot Keywords:

pianist | fiancé | baroness | ransom | museum | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Here a Thief, There a Thief

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks, Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lorimar Productions, Robert Papazian Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A pastiche of Audrey Hepburn's earlier films Charade and How to Steal a Million, with dialog references to some of her other films.

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Goofs

The Countess and Chambers are robbed by bandits in their car, which appears to be stripped, yet after the "wedding ceremony" not only is the car intact, the Countess still has her bags with the eggs in it.

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Connections

References Funny Face (1957)

User Reviews

Great film to watch; remember it is not serious!

I really enjoyed watching this film; a made for TV movie filmed in the late 1980s. Some of the reviewers have expressed disappointment with this film; expecting some serious Audrey Hepburn classic I guess. Hey guys, that is not what this movie is about! Audrey and Robert Wagner were already proven stars when this movie was made. It was not the vehicle that made them stars nor was it meant to be. They were doing it for fun; much like an old timers baseball game. They wanted to perform for their loyal fans and enjoy themselves in the process. Nothing serious was meant for this film and it would be interesting to see the outtakes. I am sure Audrey cracked up laughing a few times when she repeated some lines in this movie that she had said in some other movie over twenty years before. This movie was more of a pleasant retrospective piece than anything meant to be serious. Much like a 55 year old Mickey Mantle at bat at an old-timers game or Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra doing some stand up comedy together in the early 1990s. Without spending much energy on their part all of these old-timers could still be fun to watch. It is a great film to watch as long as you remember that it is not serious; nor meant to be. There is one serious note to all this that I would like to conclude with. This would have been an even greater film had Audrey not died prematurely just a few years later. That is the sad part about all this. Audrey, we miss you.