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5.8/10   282 votes
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Director:
Ivan Passer
Writers:
Paul Erdman (novel)
Peter Stone (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
21 July 1978 (Finland) more
Genre:
Crime | Comedy more
Tagline:
They were after silver and they struck gold.
Plot:
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to buy... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Caine's Kissing Left Shepherd Cold
 (From WENN. 8 September 2008, 6:55 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Delightful comedy with stellar cast more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Caine ... Doc Fletcher

Cybill Shepherd ... Debbie Luckman
Louis Jourdan ... Prince di Siracusa
Stéphane Audran ... Shireen Firdausi
David Warner ... Agha Firdausi
Tom Smothers ... Donald Luckman
Martin Balsam ... Joe Fiore

Jay Leno ... Albert Fiore

Tony Mascia ... Marvin Skinner
Charles Gray ... Charles Cook

Joss Ackland ... Henry Foreman
Jeremy Clyde ... Nick Topping
Moustache ... Signore Bendetti
Mike Falco ... Boston
Philip Mascellino ... St. Louis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fool's Gold (USA) (bootleg title)
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
England, UK more
Company:
EMI Films more

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Trivia:
The last film of Nigel Patrick. more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Delightful comedy with stellar cast, 28 December 2004
8/10
Author: tvman-3 from Burbank, California

This is a movie I could easily have missed. It played at a theater I worked at, and was an unusually rare booking in that, as I recall, it actually played for less than a week (talk about filler).

Nevertheless, it really is a gem of a comedy. Years later, working in a video store, I would frequently put it on the store monitor to play, and almost never got through the whole thing, because invariably someone would see a bit of it and then want to rent it.

Contrary to another user's comment, it would be hard to claim that Jay Leno's role is third. He has a good part, but he could hardly be placed ahead of Louis Jourdan or Tom Smothers. Possibly ahead of David Warner.

This is not some people's idea of comedy, as there are no fart jokes or car crashes, but it's a movie you find yourself chuckling at all the way through. A collection of classy comedic performances from the stars and supporting cast members Joss Ackland, Charles Gray, Jeremy Clyde (of Chad & Jeremy fame), and Leno, among others.

Be warned if looking for it on home video, however. Though the first release of it was in SP mode, it was later released in a bargain-bin EP/SLP version, which will of course look like crap. If only someone would put this gem out on DVD.

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