NUMBERS GAME: Movie accountants

The Accountant (8pm, Sky Premiere) stars Ben Affleck as an autistic maths genius who uncovers a massive financial cover-up. Here are a few of our favourite movie money men…

The Producers (1967)

In Mel Brooks’s satirical showbusiness comedy, Gene Wilder’s Leo Bloom is a nervy number cruncher who helps Zero Mostel’s greedy producer churn out a surefire flop.

But the plan backfires when ‘Springtime For Hitler’ is a runaway hit.

Midnight Run (1988) Charles Grodin

plays Jonathan ‘The Duke’ Mardukas, an accountant who has embezzled money from the Mob. Robert De Niro is the bounty hunter tasked with returning the Duke to LA where he has some big debts to repay.

Schindler’s List (1993)

In Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed fact-based drama, Ben Kingsley is Itzhak Stern, a Jewish accountant who worked in Oskar Schindler’s factory. Stern is credited with typing the lists of Jews who were saved from Auschwitz by Schindler.

Shawshank Redemption (1994) Tim Robbins

stars as Andy Dufresne, an accountant convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. He makes friends with prison guards by doing their accounts, while his own elaborate escape plan slowly starts to add up.