A Thief in Paradise (Italian: Un ladro in paradiso) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Nino Taranto, Hélène Rémy and Francesco Golisano.

It was expanded from a dialect poem written by Eduardo De Filippo.

Vincent and Gennaro live by their wits and petty theft in the city of Naples.

On Christmas Eve, Gennaro steals a service of glasses and gives it to his girlfriend Nannarella, a poor and honest seamstress .

Released from jail after three months full of good intentions, they are forgiven and Nannarella resumes contact with Gennaro.