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- 1967
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 1967
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
Summary An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.
Directed By: Ronald Neame
Written By: Jack Davies, Alvin Sargent, Sidney Carroll
- 1967
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 1967
- Approved
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
Gambit
62
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Summary An English cat burglar needs a Eurasian dancer's help to pull off the perfect heist, but even the most foolproof schemes have a way of backfiring.
Directed By: Ronald Neame
Written By: Jack Davies, Alvin Sargent, Sidney Carroll
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
62
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
62
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine star in a firstrate suspense comedy, cleverly scripted, expertly directed and handsomely mounted.
GAMBIT was a slightly-veiled copy of TOPKAPI and RIFIFI, down to the elaborate planning sequence in both films. The major difference is that this picture had some very funny dialog. A delight to the eye and ear.
Attractive comedy-thriller in the Topkapi vein starring Michael Caine, shortly after his international success in Alfie, as an over-ambitious cockney crook in Hong Kong. [30 Apr 2006, p.14]
Ronald Neame's civilized anemia is appropriate enough for the direction of material that is going in no direction in particular. [23 Feb 1967, p.23]
It wants to be a jaunty heist-caper movie, like Topkapi, of 1964, but it's of quintessential mediocrity: not hip enough to sustain interest, not dreary enough to walk out on.
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Production Company
Universal Pictures
Release Date Jan 7, 1967
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating Approved
Tagline Shirley MacLaine raises Michael Caine!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 1 Nomination
