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{{short description|1990 film by James Scott}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Strike It Rich
| image = strikeitrich.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[James Scott (director)|James Scott]]
| producer = [[Christine Oestreicher]]
| writer = James Scott<br>[[Graham Greene]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]]
* [[Molly Ringwald]]
* [[John Gielgud]]
* Simon de la Brosse}}
| music = [[Shirley Walker]]
| cinematography = Robert Paynter
| editing =
| distributor = [[Miramax Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1990|01|26|df=y}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $541,626<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=strikeitrich.htm|title=Strike It Rich (1990) - Box Office Mojo|website=Boxofficemojo.com|accessdate=17 August 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''''Strike It Rich''''' is a 1990 [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[James Scott (director)|James Scott]], who also adapted the [[screenplay]] based on the 1955 novella ''[[Loser Takes All]]'' by [[Graham Greene]], and starring [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]], [[Molly Ringwald]], [[John Gielgud]] and Simon de la Brosse.

==Plot==
In the 1950s, a young American woman living in [[London]], Cary Porter (played by Ringwald), starts working at a large multinational firm where she meets [[accountant]] Ian Bertram (played by Lindsay). He falls head over heels in love with her and soon proposes. The head of the company, Herbert Dreuther (played by Gielgud), offers them a wedding and to pay for a [[honeymoon]] in [[Monte Carlo]], as well as the use of his yacht.

Unfortunately, the well-meaning Herbert soon forgets all about the couple and his promise to send his yacht. When it does not arrive, Ian decides he has a sound way to win at roulette in order to pay their large hotel bill. As he becomes involved at the gambling tables, he leaves Cary to herself, and although his plan works and he wins big, enough to pay their bill, get them home, and have plenty money left over, their marriage is in big trouble.

==Production==
Ringwald wrote in ''[[The New Yorker]]'' that the film was partly rewritten (and later recut and retitled) at the behest of [[Harvey Weinstein]] after she had signed on to it, and that she felt that she and Lindsay "were essentially asked to turn our backs on [Scott] and film scenes that were not what we had agreed to"; she also alleges that she was eventually forced to sue Weinstein for her promised share of the gross.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Ringwald|first1=Molly|title=All the Other Harvey Weinsteins|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/all-the-other-harveys|magazine=The New Yorker|date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=27 October 2017}}</ref> Lindsay largely corroborated this story to the BBC, and asserted that he had confronted Weinstein over the script changes and lost career opportunities as a result.<ref>{{cite news|title=Robert Lindsay: 'Monster' Weinstein blacklisted me|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-41927167/robert-lindsay-monster-weinstein-blacklisted-me|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>

It the last film appearance of [[Patrick Holt]] and [[Marius Goring]].

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0100708}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|strike_it_rich}}

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