Movie
Gambit
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1966-12-16
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Nicole
- Michael Caine as Harry
- Herbert Lom as Shahbandar
- Roger C. Carmel as Ram
- Arnold Moss as Abdul
- John Abbott as Emile
- Richard Angarola as Colonel Salim
- Maurice Marsac as Hotel Clerk
- Joe Abdullah as Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
- Jan Arvan as Airport Official (uncredited)
- Noel De Souza as Head Porter (uncredited)
- James Lanphier as Garage Attendant (uncredited)
Crew
- Ronald Neame - Director
- Alvin Sargent - Screenplay
- Jack Davies - Screenplay
- Sidney Carroll - Story
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