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22 September 1966 (USA)
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From London to the Riviera, a hair-raising tale of gallant love and truly desperate adventure! more
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Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers in the gambling places of London and the Riviera...
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Poker
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Caper Comedy
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Casino
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Poker Player
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Card Playing
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1 nomination
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Enjoyable Chic Fluff
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Warren Beatty | ... | Barney Lincoln | |
| Susannah York | ... | Angel McGinnis | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis | |
| Eric Porter | ... | Harry Dominion | |
| Murray Melvin | ... | Aimes | |
| George Sewell | ... | Billy | |
| Stanley Meadows | ... | Dominion Captain | |
| John Junkin | ... | Dominion Porter | |
| Larry Taylor | ... | Dominion Chauffeur | |
| Yootha Joyce | ... | Museum Receptionist | |
| Jane Birkin | ... | Exquisite Thing | |
| George Murcell | ... | Johnny | |
| Anthony Newlands | ... | Leeds | |
| Peter Blythe | |||
| Sean Lynch |
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The Bank Breaker
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103 min | Israel:107 min
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Sandra Dee was cast as the female lead but replaced
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"Kaleidoscope" drifts through like a pleasant breeze. Even if you're in the mood for something heavy and serious, just allow yourself five minutes with this light fluff, and you're hooked.
Set in Swinging London and Europe of the 60's, this film was directed by an American, Jack Smight ("Harper," the "Banacek" TV series), in a style that deliberately calls attention to itself. The dialogue is flippant; the characters are so offbeat they exist only as abstractions. If a viewer feels distanced emotionally, then the film's creators have succeeded. It's all pretty much at the same level as that other quintessential Sixties caper, "Modesty Blaise" (1966), only a bit less refined and a tad more square.
Warren Beatty plays Barney Lincoln, a card-cheating playboy with romantic pretensions. Before "Kaleidoscope," Beatty had virtually no experience acting in film comedy. Here, he comes on a little heavy-handed at first, but he soon settles in with the other performers, including Eric Porter -- a fine hammy presence as a sociopathic Mr. Big with a dreadful Napoleon-complex.
There are times when one fears even this farce might fail to hold its own light weight. But the high notes arrive on cue: the climax is a high-stakes, winner-take-all poker game, and it's a highly suspenseful scene. Its resolution will leave you admiring the good, low-keyed humor of the whole affair. The film's denouement, a kidnap-and-rescue sequence, is almost as clever.
This film is not art -- not by any stretch of our good will or imagination. But there's nothing wrong with taking pleasure from a well-made caper, especially if we realize the genre's built-in limitations. "Kaleidoscope" is good fun because, like its gambler/hero, it doesn't always play by the rules.
With Susannah York as Beatty's chic companion, a Carnaby Street shopowner, and Clive Revill as her Scotland Yard inspector/father.