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A cardsharp comes up with the ultimate system for beating the
casinos at their own game in this high-style caper comedy. Barney Lincoln
(Warren Beatty) is a footloose playboy with a taste for gambling and an
ingenious scheme for winning at the leading casinos in Europe.
Barney
discovers that nearly all of the major gambling houses use playing cards
manufactured by the same company; by breaking into their plant and subtly
altering the printing plates, he's able to mark the cards with a code only he
can read, and he is soon pulling in record winnings across the continent.
However, Barney's secret is discovered by his girlfriend Angel McGinnis
(Suzannah York), a successful fashion designer, which might not be a problem if
her father, "Manny" McGinnis (Clive Revill) weren't a top inspector at Scotland
Yard.
Manny approaches Barney and makes him a deal — he won't
reveal his secret about the cards if Barney will help him catch Harry Dominion
(Eric Porter), a high-level international drug trafficker. Unfortunately,
Barney's sleuthing goes awry after a certain amount of initial success, and
when Harry gets wind of what he's been doing, he retaliates by kidnapping Angel
and demanding repayment of his loss of sales. |
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| This film looks 1966
cool, even if people weren't at the time, Beatty makes you believe it was true.
Kaleidoscope is a gentle muse with style and some humour. |
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| Director |
Jack
Smight |
Warren Beatty |
Barney
Lincoln |
| Producer |
Jerry
Gershwin |
Susannah York |
Angel
McGinnis |
| Writing |
Robert
Carrington |
Clive
Revill |
Inspector McGinnis |
| Production |
Warner
Bros. |
Eric
Porter |
Harry
Dominion |
| Cert./Runtime |
103
mins |
Murray Melvin |
Aimes |
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