Thieves of Fortune

{{short description|1989 film by Michael MacCarthy}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Thieves of Fortune

| image = Thieves of Fortune FilmPoster.jpeg | caption = | director = Michael MacCarthy | producer = | writer = | narrator = | starring = Michael Nouri<br>Lee Van Cleef<br>Shawn Weatherly | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1990}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = United States<br/>South Africa | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Thieves of Fortune''''' (other titles - '''''Chameleon''''' and '''''May the Best Man Win''''') is a 1990 American South African action film directed by Michael MacCarthy. It is Lee Van Cleef's last film, released the year after he died of a heart attack.<ref>{{cite book|last=Malloy|first=Mike|title=Lee Van Cleef: A Biographical, Film, and Television Reference|year=1998|publisher=McFarland|isbn=078640437X|pages=24–25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIUdAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Thieves+of+Fortune%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Richard|first=Alfred Charles|title=Contemporary Hollywood's negative Hispanic image|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=0313288410|page=480|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J15ZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Thieves+of+Fortune%22}}</ref>

==Premise== In order to gain a large inheritance, a woman must do many arduous and dangerous tasks to prove her worth and win the affections of the man she loves.

==Cast== * Michael Nouri as Comandante Juan Luis Ferreira * Lee Van Cleef as Don Sergio Danielo Christophoro (Last appearing film role) * Shawn Weatherly as Petra Christopher / Peter * Craig Gardner as H.H. Christopher * Liz Torres as Rosa "Big Rosa", Prostitute * Russel Savadier as Miguel, Juan Luis' Sidekick * John Hussey as Sir Nigel, Sergio's Lawyer * Jon Maytham as Flagstead, Nigel's Secretary * Michael Fisher as Mr. Forstman * Tony Caprari as Chief Priest / Eavesdropper * Joe Ribeiro as Police Inspector * Charles Kinsman as Nunzio * Nadia Bilchik as Isobella, 2nd Prostitute * Nobby Clark as "Spur" McGuigan * Claudia Udy as Marissa, Sergio's Nurse * Danie Voges as Gomez, Police Inspector's Goon * Graham Weir as Pirana, Gomez's Sidekick * Alan Pierce as Mr. Christopher * Pamela Perry as Luella Christopher, H.H.'s Mother * Lance Ellington as The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) * Sandra Prinsloo (uncredited) * Marius Weyers (uncredited)

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0100771}}

Category:1990 films Category:1990 action films Category:American action adventure films Category:1990 English-language films Category:1990 American films Category:English-language action adventure films