Poker Alice (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 Seidelman

Writer:

James Lee Barrett

Stars:

Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt, George Hamilton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Alice Moffit
Tom Skerritt	...	Jeremy Collins
George Hamilton	...	Cousin John Moffit
Richard Mulligan	...	Sears
David Wayne	...	Amos
Susan Tyrrell	...	Mad Mary
Pat Corley	...	McCarthy
Paul Drake	...	Baker
Annabella Price	...	Miss Tuttwiler
Mews Small	...	Baby Doe (as Merrya Small)
Gary Bisig	...	Gilmore
Liz Torres	...	Big Erma
Gary Grubbs	...	Marshal
John Bennett Perry	...	Frank Hartwell
Ed Adams	...	Harris

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

poker game | bordello | train | compulsive gambler | saloon | 

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Taglines:

The Wild West is about to get wilder!

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Genres:

Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Rainha do Poquer

Filming Locations:

Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harvey Matofsky Entertainment, New World Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last film project for David Wayne.

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Quotes

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...

User Reviews

Delightful But Not Accurate

If this had been written with fictional characters under a different name, I would have agreed with everything the previous reviewer said. It was a fun western to watch and Elizabeth Taylor did well in it and by going to TV, she extended her career for about another ten or so years. As for George Hamilton, he is hard to evaluate since he has made himself one of those celebrities who is famous for being famous and seems to not care much about acting. Please don't get me wrong, when he decides to be serious about he is very good but he seems to just act when he has nothing better to do. He obviously does not need the money. He is one of those actors who was great when he was hungry. I guess he is retired now and I wish him a very happy retirement.

Elizabeth Taylor's Poker Alice was nothing at all like the real Poker Alice and the writers should have done their homework or found another character for Ms. Taylor to do. I invite anyone reading this to google Poker Alice at find the real one. The real Poker Alice was a very interesting character in her own right and a movie should be made about her. She was a very tough and saucy lady and a successful businesswoman. Susan Sullivan played Poker Alice in the series The New Maverick and was more like the real Poker Alice than Ms. Taylor with no disrespect for Ms. Taylor