Thief of Budapest (13 Oct. 1985)

MacGyver obtains a watch in Budapest that contains top secret information on microfilm. However, a young Gypsy girl steals the watch from MacGyver and he must get it back.

Director:

John Patterson

Writers:

Terry Nation (opening gambit written by), Stephen Downing (opening gambit written by),

Stars:

Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Constantine, Bruce Abbott

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Dean Anderson	...	MacGyver
Michael Constantine	...	Hungarian Inspector Jan Messic
Bruce Abbott	...	Russian agent Nikolaj Kossov
Kelly McClain	...	Jana
Sue Kiel	...	Reena
E.M. Margolese	...	Alex
Charles Raymond	...	Stephan
Robert Hallak	...	Bruno
John Prudhont	...	Peter
Sid Haig	...	Khan
Nicholas Kadi	...	Nikolaj Grodsky
Charles Joseph Martin	...	Cernik
T. Lee Griffin	...	Lanko
Magda Harout	...	Woman
Jim Gosa	...	Grosz

Storyline

MacGyver sneaks in a Middle Eastern tribal leader's camp to return a priceless thoroughbred, the theft of which was fared to start a tribal war which might sparkle a big one, is cornered, wins the duel unarmed on horseback and is picked up with the precious mount; that story ends well right there. Just back, Mac is personally asked to receive confidential information from fellow secret agent Nikolaj Grodsky in then communist Hungary's capital Budapast. He catches gypsy girl Jana picking his knife from his pocket, only to find after he lets her go she struck again already. The thief picked Nikolaj's pocket too, unnoticed, just before he's terminally hit by a car when running for Russian agent Kossov, who searches the corps in vain for his watch but sees Mac and Jana on traffic camera recordings and orders both brought in, helped by Hungarian police inspector Jan Messic. When Mac finds Jana, she tells him in tears to fear for her family as she already passed the watch to her brother ...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 1985 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The minis are always shown in Red, White, Blue order, to represent the colors of the United Kingdom.

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Goofs

When MacGyver is sliding down the roof, it is clearly a stunt-double.

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Connections

Features The Italian Job (1969)

User Reviews

Loved seeing McGyver steal the King's horse and...SPOILERS

I loved seeing MacGyver steal the king's horse, unpack a saddle from his own back pack, and then ride right passed the shiny new gray American vehicle hidden under the canvas in the bandits' camp. * All this while out-riding the whole gang of seasoned saddle-ready bandits, doing the knight's lance trick, unseating the king of the bandits in the process. * And, then out running the bandits down the beach through the water, and all this before being helli-lifted into the sky while still astride the beautiful white horse, whinnying as MacGyver comments "I don't blame you, I hate heights, too!" as the bandits ride helplessly below