Lassiter
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This feature-length story about the heist of $10 million in Nazi diamonds primarily rides on star Tom Selleck's popularity as TV's Magnum, P.I., (a 1980s show), since the plot turnarounds, slighted character development, and stock situations are not that engaging on their own. The setting is 1934 and Nick Lassiter (Selleck) has been strong-armed by the Yank and Brit governments into stealing the diamonds from a German agent (Lauren Hutton) -- if he can track the gems to their hiding place. Along the way, he travels through London of the 1930s -- marketplaces, warehouses, and watering holes that lend an atmosphere to his search. His lady love Sara (Jane Seymour) more or less stands around to lend support while the suavely suited-up Lassiter battles a crooked cop (Bob Hoskins), his real arch enemy. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, RoviCast
- Tom Selleck - Lassiter
- Jane Seymour - Sara
- Lauren Hutton - Kari
- Bob Hoskins - Becker
- Joe Regalbuto - Breeze
Credit
Brian Ackland-Snow - Art Director, Alan Tomkins - Art Director, Frederick Muller - Associate Producer, Rose Tobias Shaw - Casting, Eleanor Fazan - Choreography, Barbara Lane - Costume Designer, Roger Young - Director, Allan Jacobs - Editor, Benjamin A. Weissman - Editor, Raymond Chow - Executive Producer, Andre Morgan - Executive Producer, Ken Thorne - Composer (Music Score), Lon Bentley - Makeup, Graham Freeborn - Makeup, Peter Taylor - Camera Operator, Peter Mullins - Production Designer, Gilbert Taylor - Cinematographer, Albert S. Ruddy - Producer, Jack Stephens - Set Designer, Dave Beavis - Special Effects, George Stephenson - Sound/Sound Designer, Marc Boyle - Stunts, Barbara Turner - Screenwriter, David Taylor - Screenwriter| Lassie: Well of Love (1990 Film), Lassie: The New Beginning (1978 Film) | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney |
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| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Written by | David Taylor[disambiguation needed  ] |
| Starring | Tom Selleck Jane Seymour Lauren Hutton Bob Hoskins |
| Music by | Ken Thorne |
| Release date(s) | February 17, 1984 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $17,513,452 |
Lassiter, also known as The Magnificent Thief, is a 1984 adventure film part-caper and part-espionage, set in 1930s London, starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour that was made to cash in on Selleck's popularity as the character Thomas Magnum in the show Magnum, P.I. but failed to ignite the box-office on its release. The Magnum, P.I. connection is perhaps most clearly seen by the movie poster tagline The Magnum Man Hits the Big Screen with a Vengeance.
Cast
- Tom Selleck as Nick Lassiter
- Jane Seymour as Sara Wells
- Lauren Hutton as Kari Von Fursten
- Bob Hoskins as Inspector John Becker
- Joe Regalbuto as Peter Breeze
- Ed Lauter as Smoke
Lassiter is the only movie in which Jane Seymour is seen nude, from the rear and side.[citation needed]
Plot
Nick Lassiter (Tom Selleck) is a gentleman jewel thief in 1934 London, England. He is arrested by the police after breaking into a London mansion and, after being a member of a phony lineup in which he is positively identified by a law enforcement plant, British law enforcement and the FBI blackmail Lassiter to break into the German Embassy and steal $10 million in Nazi diamonds from a German spy (Lauren Hutton), but first he must locate their hiding place. The gems are en route from South America and will be sold to help finance Hitler's military buildup.
External links
- Lassiter at the Internet Movie Database
- Lassiter at AllRovi
- Review New York Times Review
- Review Variety Magazine
- Review by Roger Ebert
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