“When was the final time you heard of anybody stealing a crown jewel?”

The trailer for Hulu’s doc The Jewel Thief, out July 13 on the streamer, asks this and different questions because it pertains to the life and crimes of Gerald Blanchard, with Blanchard available to reply them.

Landon Van Soest directs the doc that, in response to the movie’s logline, tells “the unbelievable first-hand account of Gerald Blanchard, probably the most artistic, calculating and achieved felony masterminds in trendy historical past. Two unlikely Winnipeg detectives monitor Blanchard throughout the globe as he perpetrates a sequence of more and more elaborate heists in a quest for fame and notoriety by a lifetime of crime.”

Blanchard is finest identified for stealing a Star of Empress Sisi, one of many diamond-and-pearl hair ornaments worn by Elisabeth of Bavaria, the Empress of Austria. He additionally robbed a number of banks and was needed by Interpol. Typically In comparison with infamous conman Frank Abagnale Jr., the inspiration behind the Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer Catch Me If You Can, Blanchard makes reference to the comparability within the trailer, which ends with him saying, “Catch me, should you can.”

The Jewel Thief comes from Submarine Deluxe Manufacturing in affiliation with Transient Photos. Govt producers embody Rick Brookwell and Ben Schwartz, with Josh Braun, Ben Braun, Dan Braun and Van Soest producing.

Watch the trailer for The Jewel Thief under.