The Big Town (1987)

  • R
  • 09/25/1987 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 49m

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

Overview

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

Clark Howard

Novel

Cast

Matt Dillon's headshot

Matt Dillon

J.C. Cullen
Diane Lane's headshot

Diane Lane

Lorry Dane
Tommy Lee Jones's headshot

Tommy Lee Jones

George Cole
Bruce Dern's headshot

Bruce Dern

M. Edwards
Lee Grant's headshot

Lee Grant

Ferguson Edwards
Tom Skerritt's headshot

Tom Skerritt

Phil Carpenter
Suzy Amis's headshot

Suzy Amis

Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant's headshot

David Marshall Grant

Sonny Binkley

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