The Only Game in Town

19701970
M/PGM/PG
1h 53min

The Only Game in Town (1970)

Comedy Drama Romance

Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and lea... Read allFran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), the piano player. Joe plans on winning five thousand dollars and leaving Las Vegas, Nevada. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.

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"Only Game In Town, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty 1970 20th Century Fox

"Only Game In Town, The" Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty 1970 20th Century Fox

Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor and Charles Braswell in The Only Game in Town (1970)

Elizabeth Taylor

Fran Walkeras Fran Walker

Joe Gradyas Joe Grady

Charles Braswell

Tom Lockwoodas Tom Lockwood

Tonyas Tony

Overmade Female Craps Playeras Overmade Female Craps Player
(as Olga Valery)

Suzan E. Claude

Nurseas Nurse
(uncredited)

Director
- George Stevens
Writer
- Frank D. Gilroy(screenplay) (play)
All cast & crew
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While waiting in vain for her married lover to get a divorce, Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a lonely chorus girl approaching middle age, falls for Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), a frustrated musician and compulsive gambler who dreams of escaping Las Vegas for fame and fortune in New York City. —alfiehitchie

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Taglines
- Dice was his vice. Men hers.
Genres
Certificate
- M/PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Warren Beatty hates casinos and gambling, he did this movie mainly as a favor to his mentor, director George Stevens.

Goofs
When Fran gets off work at the Desert Inn at the beginning, her walk home makes no geographical sense. She is strolling past hotels, chapels and casinos miles apart and in completely opposite directions.

Connections
Features Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

Soundtracks
Blue Moon
(uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Played by Joe at the piano

Top review

8/10

A Treat For Film Buffs and then some.

Seeing "The Only Game In Town" for the first time forty odd years after it was made is a very special treat for anyone who loves film and film history. This was going to be George Steven's last film. A great director, a pioneer. Here he's directing Elizabeth Taylor for the third time, after "A Place In The Sun" and "Giant". That alone makes "The Only Game In Town" a collector's piece. Elizabeth Taylor clearly trusted George Stevens completely and for good reason. She is spectacular. Every close up is like a personal, private experience. Warren Beatty is perfect here and he turned down "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" to work with George Stevens. Good for him. A delicious treat.

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Release date
- January 21, 1970 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Das einzige Spiel in der Stadt
Filming locations
- Caesars Palace - 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Production company
- Twentieth Century Fox
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Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 53min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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