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The Cincinnati Kid (1965) |
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A rising cardshark challenges a veteran player for the chance to be known as "The Man."
Set in the swampy hedonism of New Orleans during the Great Depression, the card game is a gritty exploration of the manly sport of stud poker.
As the men battle across the card table, the upstart realizes that someone is forcing the honest dealer to help him win. |
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Rounders (1998) |
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Mike is a law student who has once been burned playing poker, and has turned his back on gambling in order to settle in with his girlfriend Jo, and his studies.
When his former partner in crime Worm is released from prison, though, he is tempted back to the card tables and realizes how much he enjoys the thrill of gambling.
Jo leaves him, and he goes on a poker spree with Worm. |
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) |
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A brutally comic tale about a group of London friends who find themselves deep in debt to an East End tough
LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is quick-paced, stylized, and highly entertaining.
From the creators of "SNATCH" |
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Sunset Trail (1939) |
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Keller buys Marsh's cattle and then murders him to retrieve the money. But Ann Marsh remembered some of the serial numbers and this is the clue that Hoppy needs.
He arrives posing as a dude. He also poses as a novice poker player and this brings in a few of the stolen bills.
When he realizes Keller is the one he is after, he wins back all the money at the poker table. He escapes from Keller's saloon but Keller and his men head out after him. |
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Luckytown (2000) |
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If you find your dad, what happens next? When she turns 18, unhappy Lidda Daniels leaves Southern California to look for Charlie, her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before.
On her way to Vegas, she picks up Colonel, a video store clerk whom she finds attractive even though they've never spoken. He is happy to go, in part because he sees himself as a great poker player.
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