Rogue Trader (1999)

Directors

James Dearden

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Yves Beneyton, Betsy Brantley, Caroline Langrishe, Nigel Lindsay, Tim McInnerny, Irene Ng, Lee Ross, Simon Shepherd, John Standing, Pip Torrens, Tom Wu, Cecil Chang, Gerald Chew, Joanna David, Alexis Denisof, Sharon Duce, David Fahm, Michael Garner, Mark Heenehan, Ivan Heng, Gaurav Kripalani, Michelle Lee, Danny Argyropoulos, Peter Sakon Lee, Rob Lemming, Guy Boardman, Jennifer Lim, Karen Lim, Kay Siu Lim, Lorna Pegler, Peter Quince, Cristian Solimeno, Douglas Stark, Selena Tan, Richard Woods

The story

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, a young employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firm's office in Indonesia is sent to Singapore as General Manager of the Trading Floor on the SIMEX exchange. The movie follows Leeson's rise as he soon becomes one of Barings' key traders. However, everything isn't as it appears – through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Barings' money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.

Genres

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