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The Big Town

The Big Town

★ 5.6/10•1987•1h 49m•R•Drama•Romance

Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire.

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.

Ben Bolt · Director

Robert Roy Pool · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 49m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 25, 1987
Revenue$1,733,017

Actors

Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon

J.C. Cullen

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Lorry Dane

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

George Cole

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

M. Edwards

Lee Grant

Lee Grant

Ferguson Edwards

Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Phil Carpenter

Suzy Amis

Suzy Amis

Aggie Donaldson

David Marshall Grant

David Marshall Grant

Sonny Binkley

Don Francks

Don Francks

Carl Hooker

Del Close

Del Close

Deacon Daniels

Meg Hogarth

Dorothy Cullen

Cherry Jones

Cherry Jones

Ginger McDonald

Alvaro D'Antonio

Prager

David James Elliott

David James Elliott

Cool Guy

Steve Yorke

Garage Boy

Chris Owens

Chris Owens

Garage Boy

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