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The Thief Who Came to Dinner 1973

Feature · 1973 · 104 min · Heist, Comedy · Directed by Bud Yorkin

The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) was filmed in Houston, Texas, with locations including Johnson Space Center (formerly Manned Spacecraft Center), Astrodome and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from Mar to Apr 1972.

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1Johnson Space Center (formerly Manned Spacecraft Center)2Astrodome3Museum of Fine Arts, Houston4Rice University56Jones Hall7Alley Theatre8910St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
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Numbered as on the location sheet
Johnson Space Center (formerly Manned Spacecraft Center), a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1Johnson Space Center (formerly Manned Spacecraft Center)Houston
Astrodome, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
2AstrodomeHouston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
3Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonHouston
Rice University, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
4Rice UniversityHouston
Mecom Fountain, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
5Mecom FountainHouston
Jones Hall, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
6Jones HallHouston
Alley Theatre, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
7Alley TheatreHouston
Bob Lanier Public Works Building, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
8Bob Lanier Public Works BuildingHouston
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, a filming location for The Thief Who Came to Dinner
10St. Vincent de Paul Catholic ChurchHouston

Shooting in Houston around 1973

YearProductionShot in
1974Sugar HillHouston
1974Houston, We've Got a Problem TV movieHouston

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Image credits (21)

The Thief Who Came to Dinner poster: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; 1 Johnson Space Center (formerly Manned Spacecraft Center): NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 2 Astrodome: EricEnfermero, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 3 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Judson Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; 4 Rice University: Daderot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 5 Mecom Fountain: EvanCarroll, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 6 Jones Hall: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 7 Alley Theatre: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; 8 Bob Lanier Public Works Building: WhisperToMe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; 10 St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church: WhisperToMe, CC0, Wikimedia Commons; Warren Oates: ABC Network, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons; Austin Pendleton: Weimar03, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; Michael Murphy: gdcgraphics, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; Apollo 13: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Terms of Endearment: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Boyhood: © Box Office Mojo, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Armageddon: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Letters from Iwo Jima: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Pearl Harbor: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; The Tree of Life: fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia; Paris, Texas: © Roger Ebert, fair use to identify the work, via Wikipedia.

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