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Poker Alice (TV 1987)Alice Moffit, 'Poker Alice', has been disowned by her Boston family because of her incurable penchant for gambling. She is travelling the West with her cousin, John, when she wins a house ... See full summary » Director:Arthur Allan SeidelmanWriter:James Lee Barrett |
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Alice Moffit
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| Tom Skerritt | ... |
Jeremy Collins
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| George Hamilton | ... |
Cousin John Moffit
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Sears
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Amos
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Mad Mary
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Pat Corley | ... |
McCarthy
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Paul Drake | ... |
Baker
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Annabella Price | ... |
Miss Tuttwiler
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| Mews Small | ... |
Baby Doe
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Gary Bisig | ... |
Gilmore
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Big Erma
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Marshal
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| John Bennett Perry | ... |
Frank Hartwell
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Harris
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Alice Moffit, 'Poker Alice', has been disowned by her Boston family because of her incurable penchant for gambling. She is travelling the West with her cousin, John, when she wins a house in a poker game on a train. The 'house' turns out to be a bordello, which she decides to run until she can sell it. She falls for a bounty hunter, Jeremy Collins, who is about to settle down in California. Marrying him would mean ending the life-long relationship between the two cousins. Written by Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
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22 May 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Rainha do Poquer See more »Filming Locations:
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USACompany Credits
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Amos: I buried her. Had to...she was dead. Yeah, I come here one day and she was sittin' at the table deader than a can of corned beef. The poor old woman didn't even have a chance to finish her bowl of prunes. It hit me plenty hard, ma'am. But what come close to shakin' me was after I done finished diggin' her grave. I come in here to get her and she was all stiffen up...harder than a railroad tie. I had to bury her sittin' up! The poor old woman has to sit up straight and...
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Alice Moffitt: Where is she...your woman?Amos: I buried her. Had to...she was dead. Yeah, I come here one day and she was sittin' at the table deader than a can of corned beef. The poor old woman didn't even have a chance to finish her bowl of prunes. It hit me plenty hard, ma'am. But what come close to shakin' me was after I done finished diggin' her grave. I come in here to get her and she was all stiffen up...harder than a railroad tie. I had to bury her sittin' up! The poor old woman has to sit up straight and...
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'Poker Alice' is a fun film featuring Elizabeth Taylor as a poker player extraordinaire who delights in taking money off unsuspecting men in the the Wild West.
There's not much more to say about this film. It's funny, it's fun, it has brawls, guns, derring-do, a bounty hunter (Tom Skerritt), a Bible-bashing Puritan (George Hamilton), and a brothel full of prostitutes who can't read and who are scared of picking up the Good Book on a Sunday.
Taylor does well in a film that hardly stretches her, but gives her a chance to use that dimpled smile and little girl voice she's had at her disposal since childhood.
Amongst the support cast is Richard Mulligan (Burt from 'Soap') and Susan Tyrell; plus David Wayne, who had been a charming foil to bigger stars in 1940s films like 'Adam's Rib'.