Gambit

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

1966 1h 49m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 179

ComedyCrime

Synopsis

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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.

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

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ronald Neame
Writers: Sidney Carroll, Jack Davies, Alvin Sargent
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ronald Neame, shot by Clifford Stine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Maurice Jarre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alma Macrorie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine and Herbert Lom carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0060445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ronald Neame directs. Clifford Stine behind the camera. Maurice Jarre scores. Alma Macrorie cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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160 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Ronald Neame, shot by Clifford Stine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Maurice Jarre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Alma Macrorie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine and Herbert Lom carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Go Ahead: Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!".
7IMDB entry: tt0060445 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "middle east", "flamenco", "statuette", "burglary".
9Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Clifford Stine
Original score: Maurice Jarre
Editing: Alma Macrorie
Costume design: Jean Louis
Makeup / hair: Bud Westmore
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Gambit (1966)

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CinemaSerf2024-09-02
★ 7/10
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 mark. Arnold Moss and John Abbott also turn in good, if brief, performances with the latter definitely getting the last

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