The Big Town

The Big Town

1987
★★★☆☆ 5.6/10
⏱️ 109 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DramaRomance
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.

Cast

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

Crew

Director
Ben Bolt
Writer
Robert Roy Pool
Producer
Gene Kraft, Martin Ransohoff

Production

Albacore Productions Inc., Columbia Pictures

Keywords

chicago, illinoisbased on novel or bookgangsterstrippergamblercraps1950s