Gambit poster
Director Ronald Neame
Screenplay Alvin Sargent, Jack Davies

Gambit

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

Release Date: 1966-12-21

Duration: 109 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Michael Caine
    Harry
  • Roger C. Carmel
    Ram
  • Shirley MacLaine
    Nicole
  • Vic Tayback
    Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
  • Herbert Lom
    Shahbandar
  • Hans Moebus
    Cafe Patron (uncredited)
  • Arnold Moss
    Abdul
  • Tony Randall
    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
  • John Abbott
    Emile
  • Maurice Marsac
    Hotel Clerk