The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

103 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | April 12, 1991

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.

The Object of Beauty

103 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy | April 12, 1991

The Object of Beauty
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Avenue Pictures, BBC
Original title The Object of Beauty
Directors Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Writers Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Cast

John Malkovich

as Jake Bartholomew

Andie MacDowell

as Tina Leslie Oates

Rudi Davies

as Jenny Finn

Joss Ackland

as Mr. Mercer

Bill Paterson

as Victor Swayle

Ricci Harnett

as Steve Finn

Peter Riegert

as Lawrence "Larry" Oates

Jack Shepherd

as Marty Slaughter

Rosemary Martin

as Mrs Doughty

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Frankie Sedgewick

Andrew Hawkins

as Gordon

Pip Torrens

as Art Evaluator

Jeremy Sinden

as Jonathan

Annie Hayes

as Housekeeper

Richard Ireson

as Night Porter

Stephen Churchett

as Mr Mundy

Barry Gordon

as Auctioneer