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Gambit
Go Ahead: Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!
Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
- Original title
- Gambit
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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CinemaSerf
Sep 2, 2024 · via TMDB
When you hear the opening bars of the score to this, you immediately think of "Lawrence of Arabia" - it has the hallmark of Maurice Jarre long before anyone has to blow any bloody doors off! Thereafter, it's a fun, classy little crime caper which sees Michael Caine recruit Shirley MacLaine to help fleece reclusive billionaire Herbert Lom of a priceless bust from his burglar-proof penthouse suite. The story is fast paced with plenty of gadgets and some quite witty dialogue; MacLaine is great as the not so daft foil to Caine's crooked faux-aristocrat, but Lom steals this as the not so gullible mark. Arnold Moss and John Abbott also turn in good, if brief, performances with the latter definitely getting the last
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Shirley MacLaine
Nicole
Michael Caine
Harry
Herbert Lom
Shahbandar
Roger C. Carmel
Ram
Arnold Moss
Abdul
John Abbott
Emile
Richard Angarola
Colonel Salim
Maurice Marsac
Hotel Clerk
Jan Arvan
Airport Official (uncredited)
Noel De Souza
Head Porter (uncredited)
Tanya Lemani George
Lighter Fluid Saleswoman (uncredited)
Vic Tayback
Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Departing Airline Passenger (uncredited)
George Calliga
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Than Wyenn
Airport Official (uncredited)
Jean Louis
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ronald Neame
Director
Léo L. Fuchs
Producer
Maurice Jarre
Conductor
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Alvin Sargent
Screenplay
Righting Wrongs
Night and Fog
Always Together
100 Yen Love
Headhunters
Tailored gentleman
Johnny Apollo
The Boxer from Shantung
My Geisha
Across the Bridge
Just Go with It
I Want You Back
The Four 3
Portland Street Blues
The Champagne Murders
Texas Carnival
The Seat Filler
The Outdoorsman
International Prostitution : Brigade criminelle
Meet-Cute
The Maltese Falcon
Ocean's Eleven
Now You See Me
Rush Hour
White Chicks
The Italian Job
Family Plot
Red Notice
Quick Change
The Hot Rock
Blue Streak
Topkapi
Lift
Man on a Ledge
Bandits
Johnny Dangerously
Tower Heist
Tough Guys
Who's Harry Crumb?
The Comeback Trail
Dec 21, 1966
New York City, New York
