Lassiter (film)
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Theatrical release poster by Steven Chorney
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| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Produced by | Albert S. Ruddy |
| Written by | David Taylor |
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| Music by | Ken Thorne |
| Cinematography | Gil Taylor |
| Edited by | Benjamin A. Weissman |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $17,513,452 |
Lassiter (also known as The Magnificent Thief) is a 1984 American spy adventure action film starring Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour. The movie was made to cash in on Selleck's popularity as the character Thomas Magnum on the show Magnum, P.I., but it 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.
Nick Lassiter (Tom Selleck) is a gentleman jewel thief in 1939 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 to South America and will be sold to help finance Hitler's military buildup.
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