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Gambit

Gambit

  • Status: Released
  • 21-12-1966
  • Runtime: 109 min
  • Score: 6.993
  • Vote count: 151

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.

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

Joe Abdullah

Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

Jan Arvan

Airport Official (uncredited)

Noel De Souza

Head Porter (uncredited)

James Lanphier

Garage Attendant (uncredited)

Tanya Lemani George

Lighter Fluid Saleswoman (uncredited)

Vic Tayback

Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)

Tommy Andre

Bellhop (uncredited)

Kanan Awni

Arab on Telephone (uncredited)

Al Beaudine

Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Departing Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Nick Borgani

Citizen (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

John Breen

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

John Burnside

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

David Cadiente

Bellhop (uncredited)

George Calliga

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

Citizen (uncredited)

Charles Cirillo

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Michael Corphan

Man in Black Sedan (uncredited)

Stasa Damascus

Airline Hostess (uncredited)

Tony Dante

Security Guard (uncredited)

Raven Grey Eagle

Arab (uncredited)

Robert Hitchcock

Citizen (uncredited)

Chester Jones

Servant (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

Departing Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Clarence M. Landry

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Marlin

Commuter at Airport (uncredited)

Alan Marston

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

William Meader

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jim Michael

Bellhop (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Norman Nazarr

Hawker (uncredited)

Emma Palmese

Citizen (uncredited)

Mustapha Pasha

Man in Black Sedan (uncredited)

Tony Randall

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Paul Ravel

Immigration Agent (uncredited)

Max Reid

Departing Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Victor Romito

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Ralph Smiley

Airport Official (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Juan Talavera

Flamenco Dancer (uncredited)

Joe Walls

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Charles Wood

Guard (uncredited)

Than Wyenn

Airport Official (uncredited)

John Zimeas

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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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