The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Ewan McGregor | ... | Nick Leeson | |
| Anna Friel | ... | Lisa Leeson | |
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Yves Beneyton | ... | Pierre Beaumarchais |
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Betsy Brantley | ... | Brenda Granger |
| Caroline Langrishe | ... | Ash Lewis | |
| Nigel Lindsay | ... | Ron Baker | |
| Tim McInnerny | ... | Tony Hawes | |
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Irene Ng | ... | Bonnie Lee |
| Lee Ross | ... | Danny Argyropoulos | |
| Simon Shepherd | ... | Peter Norris | |
| John Standing | ... | Peter Baring | |
| Pip Torrens | ... | Simon Jones | |
| Tom Wu | ... | George Seow | |
| Daniel York | ... | Henry Tan | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Danny Argyropoulos | ... | Trader #1 |
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Ambitious, wide-eyed boy Nick Leeson is determined to rise in the world and be more than a simple bank clerk. When his employers, Barings Bank, offer him the opportunity to go to Jakarta to sort out a problem that nobody else wants, he seizes the opportunity with both hands. In Jakarta he meets and marries Lisa and together they go to Singapore when the bank offers him the job of setting up their future options trading operation. To save money the bank allows Nick to operate both the floor trading and the back office facilities and force him to employ cheap, unskilled staff. His first year of trading is a big success and he makes large profits for the bank even though he has illegally broken trading rules and secretly covered up losses. Given more freedom, even more money and continuing unchecked, Nick starts to make losses and again attempts to trade out of them but this time he comes unstuck as his illegal trading generates even bigger losses. After the death of his unborn child ... Written by Mark Smith <msmith@osi.co.uk>
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25 June 1999 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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$12,800,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£269,871 (United Kingdom), 27 June 1999, Limited ReleaseCompany Credits
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Disc 1: "Love Among the Ruins" (1975), "The Inheritance" (1997), Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" (1948), and Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives" (1998).
Disc 2: "School for Seduction" (2004), "Dirty Pretty Things"" (2002), "ROGUE TRADER" (1999), and "Rowing with the Wind" (1988). See more »
Simon Jones: Is there really no one else?
Peter Norris: We've tried everyone. It's hopeless.
Peter Baring: I therefore have to inform you that Barings is insolvent and will go into immediate liquidation.
[Peter Norris bursts into tears]
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One of eight (8) films available on the 2012, 2-DVD set, "British Cinema Collections: 8 Acclaimed Films". The films are:Disc 1: "Love Among the Ruins" (1975), "The Inheritance" (1997), Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" (1948), and Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives" (1998).
Disc 2: "School for Seduction" (2004), "Dirty Pretty Things"" (2002), "ROGUE TRADER" (1999), and "Rowing with the Wind" (1988). See more »
Goofs
On the trading-floor, the hand-signals bear no relation to the ones used by real traders, and caused much amusement in stock-exchanges around the world. See more »Quotes
Peter Baring: [getting off the phone] That was the Sultan of Brunei's office. They've decided not to proceed, they believe the risks are too great and the time too short in view of the need to have a rescue package in place by the time the markets open again in the Far East.Simon Jones: Is there really no one else?
Peter Norris: We've tried everyone. It's hopeless.
Peter Baring: I therefore have to inform you that Barings is insolvent and will go into immediate liquidation.
[Peter Norris bursts into tears]
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I disagree with the other reviews here. I enjoyed the movie very much and I don't even know a bond from a stock from a box of crackers, nor did the know the story of this man and what transpired. But the movie explains a lot as its going along, and by the end, I was interested to know exactly how much he was going to get away with. Ewan is terrific as always.