MASTER STROKE is a rather routine crime drama from Italy, openly copying the look and style of the Bond flicks. Heck, Adolfo Celi, of THUNDERBALL fame, even plays in support in a similarly imposing kind of role. The film stars the underrated Richard Harrison - who feels more than a little uncomfortable in the role - as an actor hired to impersonate a diamond courier as part of an elaborate plan for the villains to get their hands on some priceless gemstones. The film was shot in London but it's hardly swinging; instead, this is cheap and circumspect, always content to go through the motions. I can think of no action or suspense scenes that in any way enliven the picture. There are roles in support for the reliably good Margaret Lee, Luciano Pigozzi, Gerard Tichy and even George Eastman, but as with Harrison and Celi, their talents are wasted here.