Sunday, April 27, 2008

I Dream of Jeannie: My Master the Thief (1966) (TV)

Synopsis [spoilers]: Jeannie asks Tony to accompany her to an exhibit of Bukistanese relics at the museum; she says she lived in Bukistan many centuries ago. She recognizes her old slippers amidst the pieces in exhibition; they were stolen from her, back then. She steals the slippers from inside the sealed glass box in which they were being kept. The theft triggers a diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Bukistan. The police begin investigating to find the burglar -- they know it is a NASA officer. Dr. Bellows suspects Tony; he says the culprit will probably be sent to prison.Tony begs Jeannie to return the slippers, but she refuses. Tony tries to steal the slippers from inside Jeannie's bottle while she is asleep, but then he realizes that they were shrunken when Jeannie entered the bottle. After more arguments between them, Jeannie enters the shower while leaving the slippers intentionally unguarded for Tony to take them. Tony breaks into the museum and returns the slippers, all the while being unknowingly followed by Jeannie. The crisis is thus solved; in the last scene, we see the slippers still on Jeannie's feet, presumably implying that she made a replica for Tony to return.

Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.

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