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Make Like a Thief (1964)

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.

  • Crime
  • Thriller

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Richard LongRichard LongV. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan
  • Photo of Åke LindmanÅke LindmanArvo Mäki
  • Photo of Pirkko MannolaPirkko MannolaMarja Salo
  • Photo of Aulikki TarnanenAulikki TarnanenHelvi Östman
  • Photo of Uolevi VahteristoUolevi VahteristoEinar, Helvi Östman's henchman
  • Photo of Juhani KumpulainenJuhani KumpulainenLeonard Weston / Lawrence Walker
  • Photo of Esko SalminenEsko SalminenKari, Helvi Östman's henchman
  • Photo of Rose-Marie PrechtRose-Marie PrechtToini Saari
  • Photo of Seppo WallinSeppo WallinJarli Hotti, Helvi Östman's henchman
  • Photo of Ismo KallioIsmo KallioBank manager's butler

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