1987 · 109 min · Drama, Romance
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.
Directed by Ben Bolt. Starring Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern and Lee Grant.
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