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Copley News Service HOLLYWOOD - Chilling words, these: "This isn't the end of it." In this case they come about 90minutes into "Lassiter," although it seems longer, and dash hopes for a mercifully sudden finish to a dreary, plodding, unimaginative potboiler.
What the people responsible for "Lassiter" obviously had in mind, in addition to capitalizing on the allure of Tom Selleck, was something along the lines of "To Catch a Thief." What they came up with is more like "To Catch a Nap."
It's hard to comprehend how a movie with such surefire, built-in elements of excitement and suspense a dangerous caper, a formidable foe, dealing and double-dealing, the fate of the free world riding on the outcome could wind up so flat and tedious. Leading suspects are Director Roger Young and screenwriter David Taylor, neither of whom displays much flair nor imagination. None, in fact.
The story offers Selleck as a gentlemanly jewel thief operating in London just before the outbreak of World War II. (The movie could as well have been titled, say, "The Man from Tweed" because Selleck's wardrobe is smashing, even if his performance isn't.)
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