The Object of Beauty
Apr 12, 1991 | IMDB 5.3
103 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy, Crime
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and Jake's card is declined, he suggests they sell Tina's tiny, expensive Henry Moore sculpture to cover the debt. After they hatch a scheme to claim the sculpture was stolen in order to collect insurance on it, the sculpture mysteriously goes missing.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Thomas Crown Affair
Double Indemnity
The Miracle Worker
The Big White
The Last Seduction
Sleuth
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
The Lady from Shanghai
The Forgotten Step
How to Steal a Million
The Fortune Cookie
Children of a Lesser God
The Infernal Trio
Five Miles to Midnight
The Comeback Trail
The Gilded Butterfly
Fire Sale
Dead Fishes
Camera Sleuth
Die Eltern
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2005
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IMDB 5 | Nov , 1974
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IMDB 4.6 | Jun , 1977
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IMDB 5 | Apr , 1951
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