Rogue Trader (film)

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Rogue Trader
Directed by	James Dearden
Written by	James Dearden Nick Leeson (autobiography) Edward Whitley
Starring	Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel
Music by	Richard Hartley
Distributed by	Cinemax
Release date(s)	1999
Running time	101 mins
Language	English
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Rogue Trader is a 1999 drama film directed by James Dearden.

[edit] 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

[edit] Plot

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson an employee of Barings Bank who after a successful spell working for the firms 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 as through the 88888 error account, Nick is hiding huge losses as he gambles away Baring's money with little more than the batter of an eyelid from the powers that be back in London.

Eventually the losses mount up to well over £200 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 extradicted to Singapore where he is jailed for 6 and a half years. The film is based on Leeson's real life book, Rogue Trader.