Try This One for Size

Try This One for Size

105 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Sept. 22, 1989

In this spy spoof and thriller, director Guy Hamilton seeks to renew the success he had with the James Bond thriller Goldfinger. 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.

Try This One for Size

105 mins | Crime, Comedy, Mystery | Sept. 22, 1989

Try This One for Size
In this spy spoof and thriller, director Guy Hamilton seeks to renew the success he had with the James Bond thriller Goldfinger. 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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Candice Productions
Original title Try This One for Size
Directors Guy Hamilton
Writers Alec Medieff, Sergio Gobbi, James Hadley Chase

Cast

Michael Brandon

as Tom Lepski

David Carradine

as Bradley

Arielle Dombasle

as Maggie

Guy Marchand

as Ottavioni

Mario Adorf

as Radnitz

Peter Bowles

as Igor

Harold Innocent

as Kendrick

Edward Meeks

as Lindsay

Valérie Steffen

as Carol

Stéphane Bonnet

as Jacobi

Bill Dunn

as Woodward

My Chau

as Prostitute

Rosine Cadoret

as Mrs. Ottavioni

Patrick Le Barz

as Legrand

Léo Ilial

as Kowalski

Roger Worrod

as Swiss Customs Official

François Germond

as Swiss Police Officer

Christian Bianchi

as Camera Video Technician

Nanouk Broche

as Nun

Jean Corso

as Police Commissioner

Auguste Danielle

as Road Works Labourer

Jacques Francel

as Concierge

Richard Graham

as Security Guard

Patrick Massiah

as Airport Official

Pierre Rosso

as Cat Burglar

Lise Roy

as Mother Superior