Thursday's Game

Name: Thursday's Game
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-04-14
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Gene Wilder, Bob Newhart, Ellen Burstyn

TV Movie
19741974
PGPG
1h 40m

6.5/10

260

Comedy

Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing differe... Read allHarry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that... Read allHarry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are quite upset. Just what have they been doing on ... Read all

6.5/10

260

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Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights.

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Taglines
- What do Harry and Marvin do on Thursday nights? It's not poker with the boys anymore. They've got another game in mind. The kind of game they hope their wives don't find out about.
Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Filmed in 1971, but not broadcast until 1974.

Quotes
Harry Evers: I don't have to take any orders from you any more!
[Calmly starts trashing the office]
Mr. Wood: But we haven't even discussed severance pay!

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Gene Wilder Performances (2016)

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9/10

Incredibly sweet, funny, and memorable

I saw this on TV in 1974. I subsequently found out it had been completed 3 years earlier, but could not be sold as a movie. Hence it was a throw-away on TV.

WHAT A SHAME! It is one of the sweetest films I have ever seen. Wilder and Newhart lead an all-star cast in a low-key, and funny story about two men who continue to "play" their Thursday night poker game, long after it ends (on a hilarious note).

Really, nothing happens in the film. It is just a story about these two men's marriages.

James Brooks wrote it. He also was responsible for As Good as it Gets, Terms of Endearment, and a lot of well-crafted TV shows. He's the real deal, and so was this film.

I finally located a VHS copy, and now have one to watch whenever I want.

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