Once a Thief [TV Series]

This Canadian action-adventure series debuted in its home country as a two-hour pilot on September 29, 1996, before settling into its weekly, 60-minute time slot on September 15, 1997. The action fluctuated between Vancouver and Hong Kong, focusing on a pair of daring and sexy professional thieves, Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandrine Holt). Groomed from childhood to... (read more) perform their acts of larceny on behalf of an international crime cartel, Mac and Li Ann eventually reformed when they were involuntarily recruited into a secret crime-fighting organization, presided over by the Director (Jennifer Dale). Likewise rechannelling his talents for good rather than evil was Li Ann's new fiancé, ex-cop Victor Mansfield (Nicholas Lea), whose presence heightened the sexual tension between the two main protagonists. The 22-episode series was syndicated throughout the world beginning in the late '90s, but audiences in the U.S. were denied the project until it entered Stateside syndication during the week of September 30, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast:

• Sandrine Holt
• Ivan Sergei
• Nicholas Lea
• Jennifer Dale
• Howard G. H. Dell
• Vicky Pratt
• Julian Richings
• Greg Kramer
• Jim Allodi

Director(s):

Steve di Marco, T.J. Scott, Allan Kroeker

Writer(s):

Peter Mitchell, Larry Lalonde, Peter Mitchell

Producer(s):

Glenn Davis, Glenn Davis, Wendy Grean