Topic: Gambling

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...

Direction Robert Rossen

Cast Paul Newman · Jackie Gleason · George C. Scott · Piper Laurie

Plot "Fast" Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) is a self-assured upstart pool shark who frequents the local halls to get a crack at bringing down the legendary Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). Under...

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Robert De Niro · Sharon Stone · Joe Pesci · James Woods

Plot "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), plays by the Vegas rules, while Nicky (Joe Pesci) and Ginger (Sharon Stone) lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. This drama chronicles...

Direction Yûzô Satô

Plot TV Series (2011). 26 Episodes. After the events at the Starside Hotel, Kaiji Itou finds himself living his miserable lifestyle once again. Captured by the Teiai group to which he...

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Gong Li · Ge You · Jiang Wu · Niu Ben

Plot Fugui is the father of a once-wealthy family whose addiction to gambling and chronic bad luck causes him to lose his home in a game of dice with Long'er. Fugui's...

Direction Charles Vidor

Cast Rita Hayworth · Glenn Ford · George Macready · Joseph Calleia

Plot Just arrived in Argentina, small-time crooked gambler Johnny Farrell is saved from a gunman by sinister Ballin Mundson, who later makes Johnny his right-hand man. But their friendship based on...

Direction Yûzô Satô

Plot TV series (2007-2011). Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he...

Direction Norman Lloyd

Cast Steve McQueen · Peter Lorre · Neile Adams · Katherine Squire

Plot In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow...

Direction Steven Soderbergh

Cast George Clooney · Julia Roberts · Matt Damon · Andy García

Plot Danny Ocean is a thief who has just been paroled from prison. He seeks out his partner, Rusty and he has a job. And it is to rob the vault...

Direction Ted Kotcheff

Cast Gary Bond · Donald Pleasence · Chips Rafferty · Jack Thompson

Plot Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundayabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane...

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Steve McQueen · Edward G. Robinson · Karl Malden · Tuesday Weld

Plot 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...

Direction Masahiro Shinoda

Cast Ryo Ikebe · Mariko Kaga · Takashi Fujiki · Chisako Hara

Plot Muraki, a hardboiled Yakuza gangster, has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder. Revisiting his old gambling haunts, he meets Saeko, a striking young upper-class woman...

Direction Hiroaki Matsuyama

Cast Erika Toda · Shôta Matsuda · Megumi Seki · Yosiyoshi Arakawa

Plot Even though being able to withdraw from the Liar Game Tournament, Kanzaki Nao (Toda Erika) decides to join Akiyama Shinichi (Matsuda Shota) and nine other players for the final stage,...

Direction Yûzô Satô

Plot One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay...

Direction Phil Karlson

Cast John McIntire · Richard Kiley · Kathryn Grant · Edward Andrews

Plot Based on actual events, The Phenix City Story tells the tale of a wide-open "Sin City" in Alabama where gambling, prostitution, and any number of other vices were tolerated openly...

Direction King Vidor

Cast Wallace Beery · Jackie Cooper · Irene Rich · Roscoe Ates

Plot Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy "Champ" Purcell, despite his frequent binges, his frequent gambling and their squalid living conditions. And there's nothing Andy wouldn't do for...

Direction Luigi Comencini

Cast Alberto Sordi · Silvana Mangano · Joseph Cotten · Bette Davis

Plot Pepino and Antonia, two Italian proles are waiting every summer, for "the old lady", a wealthy and disabled American in order to fleece her. How? By playing cards with her...

Direction David Mamet

Cast Lindsay Crouse · Joe Mantegna · Mike Nussbaum · J.T. Walsh

Plot The film is a character study of Dr. Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse), a psychiatrist and best-selling author specializing in addictive behaviour. During a therapy session, she discovers that a patient...

Direction John Dahl

Cast Matt Damon · Edward Norton · Gretchen Mol · John Malkovich

Plot After losing a high-stakes card game, Mike gives up gambling for law school and a fresh start with his girlfriend. But then his best buddy gets out of prison and...

Direction Martin Scorsese

Cast Paul Newman · Tom Cruise · Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio · John Turturro

Plot Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and make...