The Object of Beauty

April. 12,1991      
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Malkovich as  Jake Bartholomew
Andie MacDowell as  Tina Leslie Oates
Lolita Davidovich as  Joan
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

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