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Make Like a Thief

Make Like a Thief

# He was a man on the lam!
Crime   Thriller
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , Finnish
📆 Date Released: 1964-11-20
⌚ Running Time: 88 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 3.0

Beloved Cast

Richard Long original image
V. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan
Richard Long
Åke Lindman original image
Arvo Mäki
Åke Lindman
Pirkko Mannola original image
Marja Salo
Pirkko Mannola
Aulikki Tarnanen original image
Helvi Östman
Aulikki Tarnanen
Uolevi Vahteristo original image
Einar, Helvi Östman's henchman
Uolevi Vahteristo
Juhani Kumpulainen original image
Leonard Weston / Lawrence Walker
Juhani Kumpulainen
Esko Salminen original image
Kari, Helvi Östman's henchman
Esko Salminen
Rose-Marie Precht original image
Toini Saari
Rose-Marie Precht
Seppo Wallin original image
Jarli Hotti, Helvi Östman's henchman
Seppo Wallin
Ismo Kallio original image
Bank manager's butler
Ismo Kallio

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