"Hello, Ralph," "Hello, Sam" and with those four words Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog clock in and begin their work shift. In a ten-year period beginning with 1953"s Don't Give Up the Sheep, Chuck Jones directed these stars in seven different films. Ewe Thief continues the terrific tradition of titles as puns with other examples being Sheep Ahoy, Steal Wool, and Double or Mutton.