Jewel Thief run, "Boxofficeindia.com" reported that the film had managed to gross 3,50,00,000 with a net of and, adjusted to inflation is about . Subsequently, "Jewel Thief" was declared a hit at the box office. It ended up as the sixth highest-grossing film of 1967 and thirty-fifth highest-grossing film of the decade. The movie was reported to be influenced by three movies of Alfred Hitchcock in terms of plot, setting and characterisation - "To Catch a Thief", "Vertigo" and "North by Northwest". Following the success of "Jewel Thief", the film was screened in many film festivals. In August 2008, the film was
To Catch a Thief (short story) Meanwhile, a storm begins to rain on them. Raffles, remaining calm, proposes partnership, but Lord Ernest refuses to release Bunny. The rain puts out the light of Raffles's candle, and in the darkness Raffles uses flashes of lightning to jump to Bunny. Lord Ernest jumps after him. Raffles makes it, but Lord Ernest missteps, and falls to his death. Raffles slips Bunny free using soap and water, and brings him to their flat to nurse him overnight. BBC Radio adapted the story into the fourteenth episode of its Raffles radio drama, "To Catch a Thief", which first aired on 6