Going for Broke (2003)A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything. Director:Graeme CampbellWriter:Deborah Serra |
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Going for Broke (2003)A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything. Director:Graeme CampbellWriter:Deborah Serra |
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Laura Bancroft
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| Ellen Page | ... |
Jennifer
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Matthew Harbour | ... |
Tommy Bancroft
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Patricia Gage | ... |
Lois
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Joyce Gordon | ... |
Bella
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| Francis X. McCarthy | ... |
Brad Bradford
(as Francis-Xavier McCarthy)
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Mary Donnelly-Haskell | ... |
Martine Miller
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| Gerald McRaney | ... |
Jim Bancroft
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| Spiro Malandrakis | ... |
Conner
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| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... |
Ms. Jenkins
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Gillian Ferrabee | ... |
Principal
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Raymond Stone | ... |
Judge
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| Richard Jutras | ... |
Mr. Dowling
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Alan Fawcett | ... |
Davenport
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Susan Almgren | ... |
Mrs. Meyers
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Hired as executive director of a children's charity based in Reno because of her fundraising ability and hard-driving nature, a mother of two finds relief from the stress of her job in Reno's casinos. After gambling away her savings and the loans she got from lying to her parents, she begins to embezzle the charity's funds. Based on a true story. Written by Morganalee
I watched this movie with my mother and loved it. I recently taped it because of the outstanding job that it did in addressing a serious issue. In this movie Laura Bancroft's life began to spiral dangerously out of control due to a severe addiction to gambling. When she started neglecting her husband and her kids to gamble she was just an addict. When she resorted to stealing to bankroll her habit she became a full blown junkie. It seemed that as the movie progressed her problem only got worse. In the end gambling not only destroyed her life but the lives of everyone around her. It just goes to show just how destructive any kind of addiction can be.