The Gambit

The lead actors certainly have chemistry, while director Ronald Neame skilfully keeps the twists and turns coming, accompanied by a typically lush score from prolific composer Maurice Jarre.

Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine are a curious couple in this frisky heist/romance romp as a thief and the woman he recruits as bait.

...it holds up nicely all these years later as an unpredictable, often hilarious, heist romp, showcasing Shirley MacLaine's comic gifts.

This agreeable caper comedy was amusingly advertised with the tagline, "Go Ahead Tell the End (It's Too Hilarious to Keep Secret) But Please Don't Tell the Beginning!"