Movies and TvShows featuring "jewel-thieves" theme.

When a skilled hypnotist uses a trigger word to put an insurance investigator into a hypnotic trance, the investigator becomes entangled in a jewel robbery mystery. As he tries to solve the case, he also finds himself falling in love with a woman who is involved in the crime. With comedic twists and turns, this neo-screwball comedy keeps audiences entertained with its witty dialogue and unlikely romance.

When a notorious jewel thief comes out of retirement to pull off the biggest heist of his career, a police officer and a beautiful gazillionaire join forces to stop him. The stakes are high as they navigate through a web of deception and danger to recover stolen jewels.

Hot Tamale is a comedic action movie set in Los Angeles, California. It follows a young aspiring musician who gets caught up in a dangerous crime spree involving jewel thieves, hitmen, and stolen diamonds. Along the way, he encounters a variety of colorful characters and finds himself in unexpected situations. With elements of comedy, thriller, and road trip, Hot Tamale takes viewers on a wild and entertaining ride through the streets of LA.

Lady Killer is a 1933 comedy crime movie about a manipulative female film star who is wrongly accused of murder. The movie takes place in Hollywood, California and follows the story of the leading lady as she tries to clear her name and catch the real killer. Along the way, she encounters a variety of colorful characters, including gangsters, police officers, and con artists.

Captain from Castile is a thrilling swashbuckler that follows the journey of Pedro de Vargas, a young Spanish nobleman who joins an expedition to the New World in search of gold and glory. Along the way, Pedro faces danger, betrayal, and the cruelty of the Spanish Inquisition. Will he survive and find his fortune?

Whipsaw is a 1935 movie about a crime plot involving jewel thieves, an agent, and an isolated farmhouse. The story unfolds with a collision of events at an airport and explores themes of redemption and birth.

When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.

That Riviera Touch is a comedy movie set in Southern France's Riviera. The plot revolves around a group of jewel thieves who are trying to steal a valuable diamond from a casino. Along the way, they befriend a local who becomes caught up in their scheme.

After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.

A wealthy widow, Mrs. Cheyney, becomes involved in a romantic triangle and a con game. She must navigate the high society of London and New York City while avoiding Scotland Yard and a gang of robbers.

Jewel thieves quickly dispose of the loot when the alarm is raised, then track down the family upon whose truck they threw them, meanly interrogating them in the hope of getting them back.

In They Met in Bombay, a con artist and jewel thief falls in love with a major in the British army during World War II. The two join forces to pull off a heist and engage in a globetrotting adventure, navigating through danger and romance along the way.

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.

Can Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves?

Desert Nights is a silent film that tells the story of a group of jewel thieves who become stranded in the Kalahari Desert during a desert expedition. As they struggle to survive in the harsh desert conditions, tensions rise and alliances are tested. The thieves soon discover a diamond mine in the desert and plan a heist, but their plans are thwarted by deception, betrayal, and the deadly nature of the desert. Will they be able to escape the desert and secure their stolen diamonds? Find out in this thrilling desert adventure.

In 'Crash Goes the Hash', the Three Stooges play undercover reporters who infiltrate a society dinner party in order to expose a group of jewel thieves. Chaos ensues as they try to gather evidence while maintaining their cover, resulting in slapstick comedy and hilarious mishaps.

In this pre-code crime film, a group of criminals disguises themselves as sideshow performers to carry out a series of robberies. However, their plans take an unexpected turn when they are accused of a murder they didn't commit. As the district attorney investigates, the true nature of their unholy partnership is revealed. Set against the backdrop of Christmas Eve, this film explores themes of false identity, manipulation, and class differences.

Detective Barker has his work cut out for him when his red-haired nanny, Kate Blond, turns out to be a master thief in disguise. Barker’s close friends are a wealthy count and countess who has recently purchased a valuable piece of jewellery at an auction. With a poisoned sewing needle, Kate knocks the countess out and steals the jewellery. She sets the countess’ clock back an hour so the nanny-job is a bulletproof alibi when Barker investigates the case. Barker is at a loss until his trained eyes spot a red hair at the crime scene. (Stumfilm.uk)

From the co-founder of Slamdance comes the story of a young man who returns home from a trip abroad to confront not just his peculiar family and friends, but also a pair of Colombian jewel thieves and a roving gang of Iowa kickboxers, culminating in a showdown at Carhenge. A seminal movie in the history of independent film, "Omaha: The Movie" was the film that spearheaded the birth of the Slamdance Film Festival.