Rogue Trader (film)

Infobox Film
name = Rogue Trader


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director = James Dearden
producer = Janette Day
James Dearden
Paul Raphael
writer = James Dearden
Nick Leeson (autobiography)
Edward Whitley
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starring = Ewan McGregor
Anna Friel
music = Richard Hartley
cinematography = Jean-François Robin
editing = Catherine Creed
distributor = Pathé (UK)
Cinemax (USA)
released = June 25 1999 (UK, USA)
November 25 1999 (Australia)
runtime = 101 mins
country =UK
language = English
budget = $12,800,000 (estimated)
gross = £969,565 (UK sub-total)
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amg_id = 1:179941
imdb_id = 0131566

"Rogue Trader" is a 1999 drama film directed by James Dearden about Nick Leeson and the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank. Based on Leeson's book of the same name it stars Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel.

Plot

"Rogue Trader" tells the true story of Nick Leeson an 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 Baring's money with little more than the bat of an eyelid from the powers-that-be back in London.

Eventually the losses mount up to well over £800 million and Nick, along with his wife Lisa, decide to leave Singapore and escape to Indonesia. Nick doesn't realise the severity of his losses until he reads in the newspaper that Barings has gone bankrupt. They then decide to return to London but Nick is arrested en route in Frankfurt. Nick is extradited to Singapore where he was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail (but stays in jail for 4 years, because he was diagnosed with colon cancer). The film is based on Leeson's real life book, "Rogue Trader".

Cast

* Ewan McGregor as Nick Leeson
* Anna Friel as Lisa Leeson
* Tim McInnerny as Tony Hawes
* Nigel Lindsay as Ron Baker
* John Standing as Peter Baring
* Ramon Tikaram as Darren Pearson
* Lee Ross as Danny Argyropoulos

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