The Million Dollar Rip-Off is a 1976 American made-for-television crime comedy film starring Freddie Prinze in his television film debut and his only film role of any kind. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Andrew Peter Marin based on a screenplay by William Devane and John Pleshette, the film premiered on NBC on September 22, 1976.
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Plot
An ex-con electronics genius (Prinze) and his four female accomplices devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who has been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.
Cast
Freddie Prinze as Muff Kovak
Allen Garfield as Lieutenant Ralph Fogherty
Christine Belford as Lil
Linda Scruggs as Helene (as Linda Scruggs Bogart)
Joanna Kerns as Jessie (as Joanna DeVarona)
Brooke Mills as Kitty
James Sloyan as Lubeck
Bob Hastings as Sergeant Frank Jarrett
Gary Vinson as Hennessy