Gambit( 1966)

TV-MAComedyCrime

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

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.

Top Billed Cast

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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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Sep 02 2024

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 ma...