Try This One for Size (1989)
Directed by Guy Hamilton

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Nice is a haven for thieves and a nightmare for insurance companies.  Lepski, a former cop from Florida, now earns his crust as an insurance investigator.  His company is charged with insuring an exhibition of Russian art, whose prize exhibit is a valuable wooden statute from the 14th century.  Bradley is determined to steal this precious object and organises a daring hold-up.  On the day the exhibition is opened, the statue is stolen, replaced with a copy that doesn't fool Lepski.  The private investigator wastes no time trying to recover the stolen object.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guy Hamilton
  • Script: Sergio Gobbi, Alec Medieff, James Hadley Chase (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Jean-Yves Le Mener
  • Music: Claude Bolling
  • Cast: Michael Brandon (Tom Lepski), David Carradine (Bradley), Arielle Dombasle (Maggie), Guy Marchand (Ottavioni), Mario Adorf (Radnitz), Peter Bowles (Igor), Harold Innocent (Kendrick), Edward Meeks (Lindsay), Valérie Steffen (Carol), Stéphane Bonnet (Jacobi), Françoise Christophe (Jenny), Bill Dunn (Woodward), My Chau (First Prostitute), Anne-Marie Phung (Second Prostitute), Rosine Cadoret (Mrs. Ottavioni), Patrick Le Barz (Legrand), Leo Ilial (Kowalski), Roger Worrod (Swiss Customs Official), François Germond (Swiss Police Officer), Lise Roy (Mother Superior)
  • Country: France / USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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