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The Only Game in Town (1970)

PG 113 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance  -   21 January 1970 (USA)
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Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

Frank D. Gilroy (play), Frank D. Gilroy (screenplay)

Stars:

Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty and Charles Braswell
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Elizabeth Taylor ...
Fran Walker
Warren Beatty ...
Joe Grady
Charles Braswell Charles Braswell ...
Lockwood
Hank Henry Hank Henry ...
Tony
Olga Valéry Olga Valéry ...
Hooker (as Olga Valery)
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Storyline

While waiting in vain for her married lover to get a divorce, Fran Walker, a lonely chorus girl approaching middle age, falls for Joe Grady, a frustrated musician and compulsive gambler who dreams of escaping Las Vegas for fame and fortune in New York City. Written by alfiehitchie  

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Plot Keywords:

Piano | Compulsive Gambler | New York City | Piano Player | Piano Bar  | See more »

Taglines:

Dice was his vice. Men hers.

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Das einzige Spiel in der Stadt See more »

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$1,500,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Because Elizabeth Taylor wanted to be near husband Richard Burton, who was at the time filming Staircase in Europe, she demanded this film, with its Las Vegas setting, be filmed in Paris, France. The studio agreed, thereby increasing the budget considerably as detailed American streetscapes, casinos, apartments and supermarkets had to be recreated in Paris. In the end (after 86 days shooting in Paris) the company had to move to the real Las Vegas anyway for ten additional days of intensive shooting. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: When Fran gets off work at Desert Inn at beginning of film, her walk home makes no geographical sense. She is strolling past hotels, chapels and casinos miles apart and in completely opposite directions. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"Blue Moon"
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Played by Joe at the piano See more »