The Object of Beauty
The Object of Beauty
Release: 1991-04-12
·Runtime: 103m
·★ 5.3
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Avenue Pictures
BBC
Avenue Entertainment
BBC Film
Cast
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
Pip Torrens
as Art Evaluator
Jeremy Sinden
as Jonathan
Richard Ireson
as Night Porter
Stephen Churchett
as Mr Mundy
Barry Gordon
as Auctioneer
