The Big Town
1987, Film, 109 min, Drama, Romance, Thriller, English, United States, MoviePedia score 61
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.
Directed by Ben Bolt, Harold Becker
Cast
- Matt Dillon as J.C. Cullen
- Diane Lane as Lorry
- Tommy Lee Jones as George
- Bruce Dern as Mr. Edwards
- Lee Grant as Ferguson Edwards
- Tom Skerritt as Phil Carpenter
- Suzy Amis as Aggie Donaldson
- David Marshall Grant as Sonny Binkley
- Don Francks as Carl Hooker
- Del Close as Deacon Daniels
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