Gerald Blanchard Photo: HULU“This is a true story,” reads an opening subtitle in “The Jewel Thief.” Pause. “Mostly.” The qualifier isn’t there because information wasn’t available, or because the documentary would have been more exciting had director Landon Van Soest massaged the facts. It is because—as a viewer will see to somewhat surprising and occasionally very humorous effect—the subject of the film is thoroughly untrustworthy.

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Persons: Gerald Blanchard, Landon Van Soest