Gambit (1966 film)

Gambit is a 1966 comedy heist film starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot centered on a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr. Shahbandar, played by Herbert Lom. It was nominated for three Academy Awards.

Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean Michael Caine and his artist friend Emile Fournier John Abbott discover exotic Eurasian showgirl Nicole Chang Shirley MacLaine in a crowded Hong Kong restaurant. She bears an incredible resemblance both to the late wife of the worlds richest man, an Arab named Shahbandar Herbert Lom, as well as to a priceless ancient Chinese statuette that he owns Harry and Emile want to use her in a scheme to rob him of it.The caperin which Nicole never even speaksseems to play out flawlessly before it is revealed that this was merely Harrys explanation of his plot to Emile, and the story returns to the beginning Harry approaches Nicole, who initially resists, until they offer her a legal British passport and 5,000US. ........

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