Try This One for Size

Sep 22, 1989

1h 45m

★ 7.1

Overview

Genial and deceptively tentative insurance company detective Tom Lepski sets out to track down a valuable medieval Russian icon, stolen by master thief Bradley.

Genres

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Candice Productions

Try This One for Size Trailers

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Cast

Tom Lepski

Michael Brandon

Bradley

David Carradine

Maggie

Arielle Dombasle

Ottavioni

Guy Marchand

Radnitz

Mario Adorf

Igor

Peter Bowles

Kendrick

Harold Innocent

Lindsay

Edward Meeks

Carol

Valérie Steffen

Jacobi

Stéphane Bonnet

Jenny

Françoise Christophe

Woodward

Bill Dunn

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