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5.5It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.
Released: 1987-09-25109 minDir: Ben BoltDrama, RomanceBox office: $1.7M
Cast
- Matt Dillon as J.C. Cullen
- Diane Lane as Lorry Dane
- Tommy Lee Jones as George Cole
- Bruce Dern as M. Edwards
- Lee Grant as Ferguson Edwards
- Tom Skerritt as Phil Carpenter
Themes
- chicago, illinois
- based on novel or book
- gangster
- stripper
- gambler
- craps
- 1950s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- gambling
- Director
- Harold Becker
- Cast member
- David Marshall Grant
- Composer
- Mike Melvoin
- Producer
- Martin Ransohoff
- Cinematographer
- Ralf D. Bode
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 580366
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1988-03-03
- title
- The Big Town
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 50%
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