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A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of a highly-connected crime syndicate. During what he believes to be a routine heist, cat burglar Harry Maxwell discovers that his target, notorious criminal Sanchez Boon is also the target of a police raid. In attempting to evade both the law and Boon's well-armed men, Harry meets Pandora Grimes, one of dozens of young women Boon kidnapped to work in his factory. When Boon sets a group of social deviants free and hijacks a space transport ship and its crew, only Harry and Pandora's cunning can save the hundreds of innocent people aboard.

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Top billed cast

C. Thomas HowellSanchez Boon
Scott McNeilHarry Maxwell
Heather HansonPandora Grimes
Kiara HunterZee 4R
Richard TothWallace
Stephen FisherMorton
Sean FullerSweeney
Paul JarrettWilly Boy Pruitt
Gregory LiningtonBrock
Julius KrajewskiSamson

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