Gambit is a 1966 film starring Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine as two criminals involved in an elaborate plot to steal a priceless antiquity from millionaire Mr Shahbandar, played by Herbert Lom. The film was directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay by Jack Davies and Alvin Sargeant.

The film is currently being remade using a screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen and has an anticipated release date of 2009. It will star Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley as Harry Dean and Shahbandar respectively.

In 1976 a reactor close to the north Italian town of Seveso explodes. In the aftermath highly poisonous dioxin leaks in the atmosphere. In Monza in 1983 chemist Jörg Sambeth is sentenced to five years in prison as one of the main guilty parties. A story about lies, truths and deception. Written by Anonymous

Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and windowdressing. He outlines his ideas about his perfect crime in a dream sequence and then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite right again. Written by John Vogel

Harry Dean's plan to steal a statue from one of the world's richest men is missing one final component -- the participation of a beautiful woman to act as his gambit. In Nicole, he meets someone who appears to be the perfect candidate, but Harry himself becomes enraptured with her, causing his plan to take a series of wrong turns. Written by Anonymous