Make Like a Thief
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“He was a man on the lam!”
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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Cast
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Richard Long
V. Bartley 'Bart' Lanigan
Known for
House on Haunted Hill
The Stranger
Åke Lindman
Arvo Mäki
Known for
The White Reindeer
The Unknown Soldier
Palmer Thompson
Veikko Laihanen
Pirkko Mannola
Marja Salo
Known for
Hellsinki
Aulikki Tarnanen
Helvi Östman
Also in
Yö vai päivä
Uolevi Vahteristo
Einar, Helvi Östman's henchman
Also in
Histamiini – joulukalenteri
Rikas tyttö
Juhani Kumpulainen
Leonard Weston / Lawrence Walker
Also in
Noin 7 veljestä
Uuno Turhapuro
Esko Salminen
Kari, Helvi Östman's henchman
Known for
Hamlet Goes Business
The Winter War
Rose-Marie Precht
Toini Saari
Also in
Back to the USSR
Hovimäki
Seppo Wallin
Jarli Hotti, Helvi Östman's henchman
Also in
Linna
Commando Assault
Ismo Kallio
Bank manager's butler
Known for
Sauna
Åke Lindman Director · Palmer Thompson Director Erkki Melakoski Composer
United States release February 1, 1966 · Produced in United States, Finland · Languages English, Finnish
Production
V.P Productions
Production
Veikko Laihanen
Production
United States · Finland
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Original title
Juokse kuin varas
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish
Release dates
Finland · November 20, 1964
Theatrical
United States · February 1, 1966
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