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John Woo's Once A Thief: The Complete Series

Once a Thief

John Woo's Once A Thief: The Complete Series

Alliance (Universal) (Sep 29, 1996)
DVD
14A (Canada)
065935847625
TV Series | Action | Crime | Television
Canada | English | Color | 17:30

From Glenn Davis and William Laurin comes a special action show Once a Thief, a show that aired from 1997-1998 in Canada on CTV. Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) is a thief who lives in China with his fellow thief and lover Li Ann (Sandrine Holt). When they try to escape from the ruthless Tang family, a building blows up and Mac and their enemy Michael are presumed dead. Li Ann moves on to a new life in Canada working as a secret agent. Here, she meets handsome ex-cop Victor (played by The X-Files' Nicholas Lea) and falls in love. But their lives are turned upside down when Mac is recovered from a prison he has spent 18 months in. He has two choices - either be on the street and be killed by the Tangs, or work for the agency. So the three are pushed together under a manipulative yet complicated woman known only as "The Director" (Jennifer Dale). Is she a cruel-hearted evil old cow? Or is there something different lurking under her troubled exterior?? Soon, this mis-matched group hav


Episodes View details

0 Once a Thief | Sep 29, 1996
1 The Big Bang Theory | Sep 15, 1997
2 Rave On | Sep 22, 1997
3 Trial Marriage | Sep 29, 1997
4 Art of Death | Oct 06, 1997
5 Mac Daddy | Oct 13, 1997
6 Wang Dang Doodle | Oct 20, 1997

The agents attempt to stop two friendly assassins, Murphy and Camier, from killing a reporter and three psychopaths who were part of an experiment gone wrong.

7 It Happened One Night | Oct 27, 1997
8 Drive, She Said | Nov 10, 1997

The Director "grounds" all male agents upon discovering that a bizarre killer is specifically killing men who work for her.

9 Jaded Love | Nov 17, 1997
10 Wedding Bell Blues | Jan 17, 1998

Vic is about to marry a beautiful woman. It sounds like a dream-come-true of love and joy, until the gang realizes that the bride-to-be plans to steal a lethal amount of uranium for terrorist purposes.

11 That Old Gang of Mine | Jan 24, 1998

Mac gets caught up with a stereotypical dumb blonde who actually turns out to be a very ambitious mob boss.

12 The Last Temptation of Vic | Jan 31, 1998
13 Mama's Boys | Feb 07, 1998

The gang discovers a quirky yet dysfunctional family who are tied in with murders and jewel thefts across the world.

14 Li Ann's Choice | Feb 14, 1998
15 True Blue | Feb 21, 1998
16 Kangaroo Court | Feb 28, 1998

The gang discovers that two deranged killers have decided to incorporate their own brand of justice into Ontario, using their own hidden court room and sentencing criminals to a violent death.

17 Little Sister | Mar 07, 1998

Meet Alice 'Allegra' Mansfield, Victor's caustic yet confused kid sister who has become caught up with bomb-dropping criminals. Can the gang help her before she gets in too deep?

18 The Director Files | Mar 14, 1998

In this X-Files spoof, The Director begins to act erratic, and Mac, Vic, Li-Ann and Jackie team up with Murphy and Camier to figure out just what exactly is going on, and who is behind it all.

19 Shaken Not Stirred | Mar 21, 1998

The gang searches for an Irishman who has a habit of planting explosives in industrial buildings throughout rural Ontario. Meanwhile Murphy and Camier contemplate their existences after getting lost in a dark room.

20 Politics of Love | Mar 28, 1998

Vic is accidentally poisoned by Camier and ends up being temporarily out-of-commission.

21 Family Reunion | Apr 25, 1998
22 Endgame | May 02, 1998

An old rival returns, along with an assassin whom the gang must try to locate. Mac interrogates Murphy and Camier at a restaurant; meanwhile Vic and Li-Anne try to track down their resurrected enemy.

Cast View all

Sandrine Holt Li Ann Tsei
Nicholas Lea Victor Mansfield
Ivan Sergei Mac Ramsey
Jennifer Dale The Director
Howard Dell Agent Dobrinsky
Julian Richings Camier
Greg Kramer Murphy
Victoria Pratt Jackie Janczyk
James Allodi Nathan Muckle
Michael G. Brown Detective Stark
Robert Ito Tang Godfather
Gerry Quigley Dr. Fry
Michael Wong Michael Tang
Jayne Eastwood Miss Finchley
Alan C. Peterson The Head
Rachel Griffiths Miranda
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Ron Lea Carmine
Doug Lennox Mr. Horner
Benjamin Ratner Moran
Richard Yearwood Mr. Smith
Bernard Behrens
Cynthia Preston Ivy
Geordie Johnson Desmond Happy
Lori Alter Mariana

Edition details

Nr Discs 6
Screen Ratios 1.33:1
Audio Tracks French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Jun 14, 2011
Regions 1