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Feature film — 1964

Make Like a Thief (1964)

4.01h 28mCrime — Thriller

Arrested 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.

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A high-signal pick with 7 votes.

V.P Productions / Veikko Laihanen

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Director: Palmer Thompson

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Cast & crew

Richard Long as V. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan

Richard Long

V. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan

Åke Lindman as Arvo Mäki

Åke Lindman

Arvo Mäki

Pirkko Mannola as Marja Salo

Pirkko Mannola

Marja Salo

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Aulikki Tarnanen

Helvi Östman

U

Uolevi Vahteristo

Einar, Helvi Östman's henchman

Juhani Kumpulainen as Leonard Weston / Lawrence Walker

Juhani Kumpulainen

Leonard Weston / Lawrence Walker

Esko Salminen as Kari, Helvi Östman's henchman

Esko Salminen

Kari, Helvi Östman's henchman

Rose-Marie Precht as Toini Saari

Rose-Marie Precht

Toini Saari

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Seppo Wallin

Jarli Hotti, Helvi Östman's henchman

I

Ismo Kallio

Bank manager's butler

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