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Released
1960 · FILM

It Takes a Thief

The fabulous Jayne. A terrific draw in any situation !

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
101 min
CrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by John Victor SmithShot by Gordon DinesScored by Bill McguffieDesigned by Thomas N Morahan

Also known as

  • Sie pfiff - und die Kerle kuschtende
  • It Takes a Thiefen
  • Un compte à réglerfr

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