Ray Houlihan (Michael Sarrazin) is an amateur pickpocket making various, obviously inept attempts to steal watches and wallets in Seattle's Union Station.

Sandy Coletto (Trish Van Devere), waiting for a train to Chicago, watches him with amusement, securing her own possessions when Ray sits close by.

As a favor, the fence tips Ray off to the presence of a recruiter for a "wire mob"–a traveling professional pick-pocketing band–in town, who will be hanging out at a restaurant in the Pioneer Square district.

The mob travels from Seattle to Victoria BC to Salt Lake City, Sandy and Ray becoming progressively more adept in their roles.

Working over the Salt Palace crowd goes rather smoothly, but building security have been alerted that Harry is in town and it's only a matter of time before they catch him – deliberately taking the fall by attempting to drop the wallet in a wastebasket rather than handing off to Ray, but is arrested before he can dispose of the evidence.

Sandy and Ray, above suspicion, watch as Harry is led away by SLC police and building security to an uncertain future.

It was the first film from Cinema Video Communications, a company set up by Bruce Geller, Harold Robbins and Alden Schwimmer.

Early on in the movie, when being introduced, Harry bluntly and directly describes the lifestyle and image they want to project.

Sandy and Ray then set up an appropriate stall situation, opening the way for Harry, who dips the poke and secrets it in a folded magazine or newspaper.

Sight and Sound called it a "not uninteresting account of the gambits employed by a gang of pickpockets, though much too concerned with the amorous complications caused by a female of the species (Trish Van Devere).

"[4] Filmink argued the film "is worth seeing to watch Walter Pigeon snort cocaine – but, pickpockets aren’t that interesting on screen unless they also sing and dance.

"[5] Harry In Your Pocket was brought to DVD (or any other home video format), for the first time, on May 3, 2011, as part of the MGM Limited Edition Collection series.