An American lawyer is strong-armed into performing a job for the Macedonian consulate. He is supposed to retrieve the fabled "Victor Emblem", a source of Macedonian pride, which was stolen some time earlier. The lawyer does not know that the various thieves fell out with each other. As a result he is in for an unpleasant surprise when ever more people turn up, all of them claiming to be the real intermediary...
A blend of thriller and comedy, "Too many thieves" tells a story about a gang of thieves fighting over the loot, with varying degrees of ruthlessness. Peter Falk, as the increasingly bemused lawyer, is reliable as always but on the whole the movie lacks oomph, imagination and conviction. For instance, the thieves are supposed to hail from a foreign country, but they don't look, speak or think all that differently from the American characters. Moreover, little effort has been made in order to make "Macedonia" look interesting.
Might have been more successful if the various makers had pulled out all the stops and gone for an exuberant farce/pastiche in the "Police Squad" style.
A blend of thriller and comedy, "Too many thieves" tells a story about a gang of thieves fighting over the loot, with varying degrees of ruthlessness. Peter Falk, as the increasingly bemused lawyer, is reliable as always but on the whole the movie lacks oomph, imagination and conviction. For instance, the thieves are supposed to hail from a foreign country, but they don't look, speak or think all that differently from the American characters. Moreover, little effort has been made in order to make "Macedonia" look interesting.
Might have been more successful if the various makers had pulled out all the stops and gone for an exuberant farce/pastiche in the "Police Squad" style.