
Woman of Straw(1964)
Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.


“In the night, secrets are stolen.”
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.

Steven Bauer
Scott Muller

Barbara Williams
Mickey Davis

John Getz
Ray Davis

David Caruso
Buddy Calamara

Christine Ebersole
Janie Pointer

George Wendt
Marty Morrison

Alan North
Sweeney

Romy Walthall
Nicole

Joe Nesnow
Security Guard
Gordon Pulliam
Parking Attendant
Thief of Hearts is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1984 exploring themes of adultery, beach, burglar, diary, seduction, romance. Directed by Douglas Day Stewart, it stars Steven Bauer, Barbara Williams, John Getz. A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
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