Once a Thief (1996 film)

Once a Thief
Based on	Once a Thief by John Woo Janet Chun Clifton Ko
Written by	Glenn Davis William Laurin
Directed by	John Woo
Starring	Sandrine Holt Ivan Sergei Nicholas Lea Michael Wong
Music by	Amin Bhatia Michele Worth
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Terence Chang Glenn Davis Christopher Godsick William Laurin John Woo
Producer	Wendy Grean
Production locations	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cinematography	Bill Wong
Editors	Bert Kish David Wu
Running time	92 minutes
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Once a Thief is a 1996 Canadian action comedy television film directed by John Woo. A remake of Woo’s 1991 film of the same name, it served as a backdoor pilot for a 1997-98 CTV series also of the same name. It stars Sandrine Holt, Ivan Sergei and Nicholas Lea.

The film premiered on September 29, 1996. It was originally produced for the American Fox Network and was hoped to be the beginning of a weekly series, but Fox passed on it, and the series aired instead on CTV.