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The Queen and the Thief

  • Episode aired Oct 28, 1977
  • TV-G
  • 46m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman (1975)
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Diana and Steve go undercover at the Malakan consulate in Palm Beach to prevent international jewel thief Evan Robley from stealing the Crown jewels of Malakar and catch him.Diana and Steve go undercover at the Malakan consulate in Palm Beach to prevent international jewel thief Evan Robley from stealing the Crown jewels of Malakar and catch him.Diana and Steve go undercover at the Malakan consulate in Palm Beach to prevent international jewel thief Evan Robley from stealing the Crown jewels of Malakar and catch him.

  • Director
    • Jack Arnold
  • Writers
    • William Moulton Marston
    • Stanley Ralph Ross
    • Bruce Shelly
  • Stars
    • Lynda Carter
    • Lyle Waggoner
    • Norman Burton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    166
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    • Director
      • Jack Arnold
    • Writers
      • William Moulton Marston
      • Stanley Ralph Ross
      • Bruce Shelly
    • Stars
      • Lynda Carter
      • Lyle Waggoner
      • Norman Burton
    • 4User reviews
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    Lynda Carter
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    • Diana Prince…
    Lyle Waggoner
    Lyle Waggoner
    • Colonel Steve Trevor, Jr.
    Norman Burton
    Norman Burton
    • Joe Atkinson
    • (as Normann Burton)
    Juliet Mills
    Juliet Mills
    • Queen Kathryn
    David Hedison
    David Hedison
    • Evan Robley
    John Colicos
    John Colicos
    • Ambassador Orrick
    • Director
      • Jack Arnold
    • Writers
      • William Moulton Marston
      • Stanley Ralph Ross
      • Bruce Shelly
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    • Trivia
      Normann Burton and David Hedison both played the role of Felix Leiter in the James Bond movies.
    • Goofs
      The exact same sequence of Wonder Woman jumping over bushes and then onto a rooftop to reach the Queen's bedroom balcony is used twice. The only difference is that the second time a blue filter has been added to make it seem like night time.
    • Quotes

      Joe Atkinson: Why has every crisis since World War Two happen right in the middle of my beauty sleep?

      Diana Prince: [understanding] Hmm.

      Steve Trevor, Jr.: You're not getting too old for this, are you, Joe?

      Joe Atkinson: I was too old for this before either one of you were born.

      [Diana giggles]

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    6/10
    Keeping Its Excitement Bottled Up
    As notorious international jewel thief Evan Robley, David Hedison steals the spotlight in "The Queen and the Thief," which scrambles a heist, shifting alliances, and low-wattage palace intrigue into a mild suspenser that must rely on its performances or else be left hanging. When widowed Queen Kathryn of Malakar (Juliet Mills) arrives at the Malakan Consulate in Palm Beach, Florida, with her country's precious crown jewels, she is naturally targeted by Robley, who first posed as the late king's distant cousin to gain entrance to the consulate, then claims to be an Inter-Agency Defense Command operative sent to protect her--which naturally irritates actual IADC agents Diana Prince and Steve Trevor dispatched to provide the same service.

    In this "bottle" episode--virtually all of the action occurs inside the consulate--writer Bruce Shelly must concoct complexity while veteran director Jack Arnold must keep the pace from flagging as he coaxes credible performances from his cast. Shelly's premise puts Kathryn under siege: As an American commoner who married into royalty (shades of Grace Kelly and Monaco), she is under pressure to abdicate, and loss of the crown jewels would be fatal to her political life. Malakan Ambassador Orrick (John Colicos) feints toward sympathy for her but is actually in league to discredit her with Robley, who manages to get Steve arrested as himself although he's unaware that Diana, posing as a maid, is also IADC--and of course Wonder Woman.

    Along with Hedison, Lynda Carter shoulders much of the burden as both Diana and Wonder Woman, but Shelly's intrigue is ultimately hand-waving as Mills's Kathyrn, supposedly from scrappy working-class Irish-American stock, comes across as genteel English minor nobility evincing stoic dignity, too polite to be of substantive interest. The climax finds Wonder Woman, working with Robley, suspended above a deathtrap in a maneuver to be imitated much more memorably by Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible" (1996). Hedison oozes florid charm but "The Queen and the Thief" keeps its excitement bottled up.
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    • Release date
      • October 28, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 12, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Douglas S. Cramer Company
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4:3

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