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Gambit (1966)

Comedy | 109 minutes
3,12 53 votes

Genre: Comedy / Crime

Duration: 109 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Ronald Neame

Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine and Herbert Lom

IMDb score: 7,0 (7.415)

Releasedate: 21 December 1966

Gambit plot

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

Harry Dean plans to pull off a major heist and needs Nicole to help him out. But when he sees his plan falling apart in his dreams, it turns out that the plan doesn't go well in real life either.

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gotti

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Starts out funny, but otherwise it's far too light-hearted and predictable; the ending was also too lame for words.

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Lovelyboy

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In the end I didn't feel like playing music so I decided to watch an oldie on Classics Sunday and that was Gambit and with it a completely unknown film that I had brought along mainly because of the cast.

Anyway, Gambit with Caine as usual in the role of gentleman villain who, with the introduction of Nicole, easily pulls off a heist within half an hour. But what is the catch here? It turns out to be only the plan that we see in broad outline and that still has to be executed and as expected, it turns out that it is not as easy as it was shown at the beginning. Even the introduction to the talkative Nicole does not go as expected and has quite a few obstacles, and in this way the film continues with mainly setbacks, humorous situations, a villain who is not really that fast and sharp and Nicole who develops into a witty lady who regularly saves the situation against her will.

And that is quite funny in itself, with a heist that actually threatens to fail, does not turn out as planned and a Shahbandar and head of security who smell a rat around the couple from the start. No, it will not work out that easily with a Shahbandar who is not stupid and plays a game with them where, as already said, the lady turns out to be the smartest and sharpest of the couple. All this in a typical not too serious, slightly humorous, 60s jacket, typical music and a fine ending. Admittedly, it is a bit predictable here and there and Gambit will not draw full houses or win any prizes, but as an evening of entertainment this oldie is fine.

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