Gambit

1966

ComedyCrime

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.

"Go Ahead: Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!"

Rating

6.974
153 votes

Popularity

2.018

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

Universal Pictures

Runtime

109 min.

Status

Released

Release: 12/21/1966

Credits

Gambit

Ronald NeameDirector

Gambit

Shirley MacLaineNicole

Gambit

Michael CaineHarry

Gambit

Herbert LomShahbandar

Gambit

Roger C. CarmelRam

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

9/2/2024

7 / 10

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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