Rogue Trader

About Rogue Trader

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.

Rogue Trader (1999) is a history thriller film directed by James Dearden. At 101 minutes long, it arrived in June 1999.

Its themes are semi-biographical, forgery, stock market, and investment banker. The story is adapted from a novel.

Ewan McGregor takes the lead as Nick Leeson, Anna Friel as Lisa Leeson, Nigel Lindsay as Ron Baker, and Tim McInnerny as Tony Hawes. The screenplay is by James Dearden.

Margin Call, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and Lords of Chaos make useful companions to Rogue Trader, all filed under stock market crash. TMDB voters put it at 5.9 out of 10 across 138 votes.