Make Like a Thief
1964 · 88 min
Crime · Thriller
★ 4.0Arrested for a murder he didn't commit, American adventurer Bart Lanigan is about to be deported from Finland on a freighter. In the Helsinki harbor, he himself becomes a target for a hit man but manages to escape back to land. Lanigan contacts Arvo Mäki, a womanizing local con man recommended to him as a man he could trust. Lanigan is in Finland to catch an American millionaire businessman, Leonard Weston alias Lawrence Walker, who has fled the USA with the company's monies and begun investing them in Finland. Looking for the mysterious L.W. character while trying to get rid of various hit men, Lanigan and Mäki travel around picturesque southern Finland, joined by a pretty night club singer Marja Salo who won't leave Lanigan alone and insists on marrying him.
Crew
- Director Åke Lindman
- Director Palmer Thompson
- Writer Palmer Thompson
- Director of Photography Reijo Hassinen
- Director of Photography Kalle Peronkoski
Cast
Richard Long
V. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan
Åke Lindman
Arvo Mäki
Pirkko Mannola
Marja Salo
- A
Aulikki Tarnanen
Helvi Östman
- U
Uolevi Vahteristo
Einar, Helvi Östman's henchman
Juhani Kumpulainen
Leonard Weston / Lawrence Walker
Esko Salminen
Kari, Helvi Östman's henchman
Rose-Marie Precht
Toini Saari
- S
Seppo Wallin
Jarli Hotti, Helvi Östman's henchman
- I
Ismo Kallio
Bank manager's butler
Crew
- Director — Åke Lindman
- Director — Palmer Thompson
- Writer — Palmer Thompson
- Director of Photography — Reijo Hassinen
- Director of Photography — Kalle Peronkoski
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