The gentleman-zincer

Movie
German title	The gentleman-zincer
Original title	Kaleidoscope
Country of production	UK
original language	English
Publishing year	1966
length	103 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Jack Smight
script	Robert Carrington
production	Jerry Gershwin Elliott Kastner
music	Stanley Myers
camera	Christopher Challis
cut	John Jympson
occupation
Warren Beatty : Barney Lincoln Susannah York : Angel McGinnis Clive Revill : Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis Eric Porter : Harry Dominion Murray Melvin : Aimes George Sewell : Billy Stanley Meadows : Dominion captain John Junkin : Doorman at the Dominion Larry Taylor : Chauffeur of the Dominion Yootha Joyce : Museum employee Jane Birkin : The "Exquisite" George Murcell : Johnny Anthony Newlands : Mr. Leeds Peter Blythe : Poker Player
synchronization

The Gentleman-Zinker (original title: Kaleidoscope ) is a film from 1966. Warren Beatty played his last rather unknown leading role in it, as he had his breakthrough with the following film Bonnie and Clyde . The film was shown on television under the title The Man Who Broke All Banks .

action

Barney Lincoln is a playboy who tries his luck as a cardsharp. One day he falls in love with the pretty Angel, whose father works at Scotland Yard . She notices Lincoln's lucky streak and reports it to her father. He gives Lincoln a choice: Either he goes to jail or he helps the police to ruin a drug lord in the context of a poker game.

synchronization

The German synchronization .

role	actor	Dubbing voice
Barney Lincoln	Warren Beatty	Eckart Dux
Angel McGinnis	Susannah York	Marianne Mosa
Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis	Clive Revill	Thomas Reiner
Harry Dominion	Eric Porter	Klaus Miedel
Aimes	Murray Melvin	Wolfgang Draeger
Billy	George Sewell	Horst Keitel
Doorman in the Dominion	John Junkin	Heinz Petruo
Mr. Leeds	Anthony Newlands	Eric Vaessen

background

The film premiered in Great Britain in July 1966. Sandra Dee was originally supposed to play the leading female role. She was later replaced by Susannah York. Jane Birkin can be seen in a smaller role .

criticism

• Lexicon of the international film : "Fantastic adventure of a cardholder who is still lucky when his system fails. Funny and exciting rogue comedy with an amusing parody of Scotland Yard and the proverbial Anglo-Saxon way of life."
• Protestant film observer : "Good entertainment through jokes in words and photography and good actors."

Awards

• Susannah York was nominated for a Laurel Award in 1967 .

DVD

• Format: Dolby, HiFi Sound, PAL
• Language: German (Dolby Digital 1.0), English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: Region 2
• Aspect ratio: 16: 9 - 1.77: 1
• Number of discs: 1
• FSK released from 12 years
• Studio: Warner Home Video - DVD
• Release Date: April 7, 2006
• Production year: 1966
• First performance: July 1966 in England
• First performance: January 11, 1967 in Germany
• Playing time: 99 minutes

Soundtrack

The soundtrack "Kaleidoscope" to the rogue comedy Der Gentelman-Zinker with the music by composer Stanley Myers was released as an LP in 1966 on Warner Bros. label number W 1663. In September 2007 the CD for the film was released on the label Film Score Monthly with the number FSMCD Vol 10 No. 12.

Web links

• The gentleman Squeaker in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Gentleman-Zinker in: Deutsche Synchrondatei
2. ↑ The gentleman-zincer. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband München, Review No. 31/1967
4. ↑ Soundtrack for "Kaleidoscope" in: Soundtrackcollector