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Top 10 Billed Cast

Michael Brandon
Michael Brandon

Tom Lepski

David Carradine
David Carradine

Bradley

Arielle Dombasle
Arielle Dombasle

Maggie

Guy Marchand
Guy Marchand

Ottavioni

Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf

Radnitz

Peter Bowles
Peter Bowles

Igor

Harold Innocent
Harold Innocent

Kendrick

Edward Meeks
Edward Meeks

Lindsay

Valérie Steffen
Valérie Steffen

Carol

Stéphane Bonnet
Stéphane Bonnet

Jacobi

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    The story (based on a novel by James Hadley Chase) concerns the efforts of the genial and deceptively tentative Lepski (Michael Brandon), an insurance company detective, to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, which was stolen by Bradley (David Carradine), a master thief.

  • Release Date

    1989-09-22

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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