Rogue Trader

Rogue Trader is a 1999 drama film directed by James Dearden about former derivatives broker Nick Leeson and the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank. Based on Leeson's 1996 book Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World it stars Ewan McGregor and Anna Friel. 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 Sin... More

Initial release date:

  • 1999

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 41 min

Screenplay by:

Also known as:

  • Rogue Trader

Film

Directed by

James Dearden

James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999. His film Pascali's Island was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Dearden is married to British actress...

Release date(s):

Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1999
  • Dec 14, 1999
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Music by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 41 min
  • 1 h 30 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 12,800,000

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Adapted From

Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World

Rogue Trader: How I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World is a book by Nick Leeson, who served four years in prison for fraud after bankrupting the London-based Barings Bank in 1995 by hiding $1.4 billion in debt he accumulated as a derivatives trader in Singapore. It was made...

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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 8,590
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.0

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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