Gambit
1966 · 109 min
Directed by Ronald Neame. Written by Alvin Sargent, Jack Davies. Starring Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom, Roger C. Carmel.
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.
Critics 100% · audiences 81% · 3 Oscar nominations