Directed by Jack Smight
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Warren Beatty goes to extreme lengths to win at casinos: he breaks into a card manufacturer and marks the plates. He then travels around Europe raking in millions reading marked cards. His new girlfriend Susannah York also happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector. When his scam is discovered, instead of being arrested the Yard uses him to capture a super-rich narcotics kingpin. The finale features one of the best poker games on film! Sure there are some implausibilities, and Beatty and York lack chemistry, but I found it to be quite an enjoyable romp with fine location photography across Europe.
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