In Naples, Italy, the world’s best pickpockets challenge Bob Arno to a match of skills.
In this National Geographic documentary, a gang of pickpockets demonstrate how they steal, and reveal a human side that victims can’t imagine.
Then—an amazing celebratory dinner with six thieves morphs into a challenge that might be one step too far for Bob Arno.
Watch the film here.
After, come back to read The Making of Pickpocket King
Bob Arno on “Pickpocket King”
Hi, Bob Arno here. First, thank you all for passionate comments (here and here) on our National Geographic documentary, Pickpocket King. To a certain extent the majority of these comments
Our National Geographic documentary “Pickpocket King”
Bob and I are thrilled to announce the world premiere of the documentary we shot late last year with National Geographic. Pickpocket King features us, Bob Arno and Bambi Vincent,
Getting used to cameras on me all day
On making a documentary. As I said, you’d think a documentary is just a camera following the action—but the action must be lit and wired for sound. And the cameras
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