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Kaleidoscope (1966)

Kaleidoscope poster
Directed by
Jack Smight
Genre
comedy film, heist film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jet-setting gambler and his lover are blackmailed by a Scotland Yard inspector. They must use their skills to take down a crime boss.

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What happens

Kaleidoscope (also known as The Bank Breaker) is a 1966 comedy caper film directed by Jack Smight and starring Warren Beatty, Susannah York and Clive Revill. The film follows a jet-setting gambler (Beatty) and his lover (York), who are blackmailed by a Scotland Yard Inspector (Revill) into using their skills to takedown a crime boss. The film was produced independently by Elliott Kastner and Jerry Gershwin and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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