Directed by Ronald Neame • 1966 • United States
Starring Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Herbert Lom
Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine are perfectly matched in a delightful but deadly game of international cat and mouse. The fast-paced caper takes off in Hong Kong where a dapper English cat burglar (Caine) enlists a showgirl (MacLaine) to help him in an elaborate scheme to grab an age-old artifact from the heavily secured palace of a powerful Middle Eastern tycoon. As usual, the perfect heist comes off less than perfectly and the pair must improvise as their best-laid plans spin out of control.
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