Gambit (1966 film)
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| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Produced by | Leo L. Fuchs |
| Screenplay by |
Jack Davies and Alvin Sargent |
| Story by | Sidney Carroll |
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| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
| Edited by | Alma Macrorie |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,500,000 (US/ Canada) |
Gambit is a 1966 comedy heist film starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot centered on a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr. Shahbandar, played by Herbert Lom. It was nominated for three Academy Awards.
The film was advertised with the tagline, "Go Ahead: Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!"
Gambit was directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay by Jack Davies and Alvin Sargent from the original story of Sidney Carroll.
A remake, with only basic ideas in common, was released in 2012, with a script by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean (Michael Caine) and his artist friend Emile Fournier (John Abbott) discover exotic Eurasian showgirl Nicole Chang (Shirley MacLaine) in a crowded Hong Kong restaurant. She bears an incredible resemblance both to the late wife of the world's richest man, an Arab named Shahbandar (Herbert Lom), as well as to a priceless ancient Chinese statuette that he owns; Harry and Emile want to use her in a scheme to rob him of it.
The caper—in which Nicole never even speaks—seems to play out flawlessly before it is revealed that this was merely Harry's explanation of his plot to Emile, and the story returns to the beginning: Harry approaches Nicole, who initially resists, until they offer her a legal British passport and $5,000 US.
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