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16/12/1966 Comedy, Crime 1h 49m
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Go Ahead: Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!

Overview

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.

  1. Ronald Neame

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Shirley MacLaine

    Nicole

  2. Michael Caine

    Harry

  3. Herbert Lom

    Shahbandar

  4. Roger C. Carmel

    Ram

  5. Arnold Moss

    Abdul

  6. John Abbott

    Emile

  7. Richard Angarola

    Colonel Salim

  8. Maurice Marsac

    Hotel Clerk

  9. Joe Abdullah

    Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-09-02
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 m...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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