The Steal

The Steal

1995 · 91 min · ★ 5.9 · Thriller, Comedy

A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.

Directed by John Hay · Written by John Hay

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