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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.
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Michael Brandon David Carradine Arielle Dombasle Guy Marchand Mario Adorf Peter Bowles Harold Innocent Edward Meeks Valérie Steffen Stéphane Bonnet Françoise Christophe Bill Dunn My Chau Rosine Cadoret Patrick Le Barz Léo Ilial Roger Worrod François Germond Christian Bianchi Nanouk Broche Jean Corso Auguste Danielle Jacques Francel Richard Graham Patrick Massiah Olivier De Neufville Pierre Rosso Lise Roy
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