Gambit
Crime comedy. Art curator Harry Deane plans to seek revenge on his tyrannical boss, so he hatches an elaborate plan to con him into buying a fake Monet.
Harry Deane is an art curator working for unreasonable and bad-tempered collector Lionel Shabander. His plan to get his own back involves going all the way to Texas to find a beautiful Texan cowgirl who can help con Shabander into buying a fake Monet. Harry's been very thorough and covered every angle, but he soon learns that nothing ever goes precisely to plan.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:05Moe Bandy
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
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01:00Peggy Lee
Once (Ils S'aimaient)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Harry Deane | Colin Firth |
| PJ Puznowski | Cameron Diaz |
| Shabandar | Alan Rickman |
| The Major | Tom Courtenay |
| Zaidenweber | Stanley Tucci |
| Desk Clerk | Pip Torrens |
| Xander | Julian Rhind-Tutt |
| Grandma Merle | Cloris Leachman |
| Chuck | Sadao Ueda |
| Bigman Chon | Masashi Fujimoto |
| Takagawa | Togo Igawa |
| Fiona | Anna Skellern |
| Mr Dunlop | Alex Macqueen |
| Gas Station Cashier | Joe Berryman |
| Rodeo PA Man | Ralph Alderman |
| Merle | Terence Parks |
| Dowager | Selina Cadell |
| Writer | Joel Coen |
| Director | Michael Hoffman |
| Writer | Ethan Coen |
Mark Kermode reviews Gambit
A curator tries to con his boss into buying a fake masterpiece, helped by a rodeo queen.