Nick (luckystrike721) posted: " Vitals Tom Selleck as Nick Lassiter, debonair jewel thief London, June 1939 Film: Lassiter Release Date: February 17, 1984 Director: Roger Young Costume Designer: Barbara Lane Background Released 40 years ago today, Lassiter was one of a pai" BAMF Style
Tom Selleck as Nick Lassiter, debonair jewel thief
London, June 1939
Film: Lassiter Release Date: February 17, 1984 Director: Roger Young Costume Designer: Barbara Lane
Background
Released 40 years ago today, Lassiter was one of a pair of back-to-back period-set adventure films in which Tom Selleck starred at the height of his stardom on Magnum, P.I.
Perhaps Selleck was looking to make up for the missed opportunity when his commitment to Magnum, P.I. forced him to turn down the chance to be Indiana Jones before the role went to Harrison Ford, as both High Road to China (a 1920s-set aviation adventure) and Lassiter (set on the eve of World War II) echo the roguish yet risk-averse hero epitomized by Dr. Jones.
Lassiter centers around the titular Nick Lassiter, an American "gentleman thief" living the high life in London in June 1939. A joint task force led by Scotland Yard and the FBI recruit Lassiter to locate and steal a cache of $10 million in diamonds that the Nazis intend to sell to support their espionage efforts and plans for war. Of course, perhaps suspecting that law enforcement has additional plans for him after he's served his purpose for them, Lassiter arranges a few twists of his own—including a gambit right out of The Sting.
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