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5.7/10   757 votes
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Director:
Ben Bolt
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Writers:
Clark Howard (novel)
Robert Roy Pool (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 September 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Thriller more
Tagline:
When things get hot, people get burned . . . bet on it! (Video Australia) more
Plot:
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
fantastic,atmospheric entertainment more (13 total)

Cast

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Matt Dillon ... J.C. Cullen

Diane Lane ... Lorry Dane

Tommy Lee Jones ... George Cole
Bruce Dern ... Mr. Edwards
Lee Grant ... Ferguson Edwards

Tom Skerritt ... Phil Carpenter

Suzy Amis ... Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant ... Sonny Binkley
Don Francks ... Carl Hooker
Del Close ... Deacon Daniels
Meg Hogarth ... Dorothy Cullen
Cherry Jones ... Ginger McDonald

Alvaro D'Antonio ... Prager (as Mark Danton)

David James Elliott ... Cool Guy (as David Elliott)
Steve Yorke ... Garage Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: Although set in 1957, when J.C. and Aggie get off the street car, there is an '80s model Cadillac in the street behind them, followed by another late-model car. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ha-Kluv (1989) more
Soundtrack:
C.C. RIDER more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
fantastic,atmospheric entertainment, 10 December 2002
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Author: litti from Finland

What a surprisingly good movie this one turned out to be. This is the type of film that I've been looking for ages. Particularly important for me was the fantastic-looking Chicago, which I still keep thinking about. The back cover doesn't do this film justice, it's superb, and in my top-5 for sure.

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