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7.0/10 • 146

1966-12-211h 49m

ComedyCrime

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

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.

Directors
Ronald Neame
Editors
Alma Macrorie

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Shirley MacLaine

    Shirley MacLaine

    Nicole

  2. Michael Caine

    Michael Caine

    Harry

  3. Herbert Lom

    Herbert Lom

    Shahbandar

  4. Roger C. Carmel

    Roger C. Carmel

    Ram

  5. Arnold Moss

    Arnold Moss

    Abdul

  6. John Abbott

    John Abbott

    Emile

  7. Richard Angarola

    Richard Angarola

    Colonel Salim

  8. Maurice Marsac

    Maurice Marsac

    Hotel Clerk

  9. Joe Abdullah

    Joe Abdullah

    Restaurant Manager (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Sep 2, 2024

7/10

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 mark. Arnold Moss and John Abbott also turn in good, if brief, performances with the latter definitely getting the last

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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