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How to Steal a Million
Why this pick
Its elegant European art-heist setup, glamorous chemistry and featherlight comic reversals closely echo Gambit’s polished 1960s caper charm.
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MOVIE1966 1h 49m USA
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Why this pick
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The Pink Panther
Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Cockney cat burglar Harry Dean (Michael Caine) and his artist friend Emile Fournier (John Abbott (actor, born 1905)) discover exotic Eurasian (mixed ancestry) showgirl Nicole Chang (Shirley MacLaine) in a crowded Hong Kong restaurant. She bears an incredible resemblance both to the late wife of the world's richest man, an Arabs 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 caper—in which Nicole never even speaks—seems to play out flawlessly before it is revealed that this was merely Harry's explanation of his plot to Emile, and the story returns to the beginning. However, nothing in the actual caper works out as smoothly as Harry had planned.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Herbert Lom
Ahmad Shahbandar
Roger C. Carmel
Ram
Richard Angarola
Colonel Salim
Maurice Marsac
Hotel Clerk
Arnold Moss
Abdul
Tanya Lemani
Lighter Fluid Saleswoman (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Harry Tristan Dean
Shirley MacLaine
Nicole Chang