Gambit Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Centers on British art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) who devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England's richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.

Comedy Crime Remake Heist

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Gambit.

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  Colin Firth

  ... Harry Deane

  Steven Spielberg 2026 Project, Love Actually

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  Cameron Diaz

  ... PJ Puznowski

  Back In Action, Shrek 5

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  Alan Rickman

  ... Lionel Shahbandar

  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Alice in Wonderland

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  Tom Courtenay

  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Night In Hatton Garden

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  Stanley Tucci

  ... Martin Zaidenweber

  Conclave, What Is Life Worth

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  Cloris Leachman

  ... Grandma Merle

  So B. It, I Can Only Imagine

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  Anna Skellern

  ... Fiona

Crew Behind the Film

The Gambit behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Michael Hoffman last directed The Best of Me and The Last Station. The film's writer Joel Coen last wrote The Tragedy of MacBeth and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Director

Michael Hoffman

Screenwriters

Joel Coen
Ethan Coen

Producers

Graham King
Michael Lobell
Andrew Barton Paterson

Additional Information

All Trailers

Official Gambit movie trailers and clips.

Production Details

What we know about the Gambit movie production.

Key Facts

• Remake of the 1966 British caper comedy which starred Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine.

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