ApprovedGambit

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IMDB (7,209 votes)

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500M
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Play Time: 109 mins
Comedy, Crime
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.

Status: Released (1966-12-21)
Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 nominations total
Screen:Jack Davies, Alvin Sargent, Sidney Carroll
Productions: Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Gambit
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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 Ma ....

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