It could have been a scene from a movie: an ambitious thief tackled to the ground after a showdown with a rogue band of male strippers.

In fact, it was a tense exchange between the members of the Australian male revue Thunder From Down Under, and an armed robber who had raided their dressing rooms in the Excalibur Hotel, in Las Vegas.

Thunder From Down Under is better known to Australian audiences as former Manpower Australia. Since 2001, the show has been permanently based in Las Vegas with the name Thunder From Down Under.

According to Las Vegas police, the armed robber was tackled by members of the show as they returned to their dressing rooms between shows.