The Big Town (1987)
Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire.
109 min
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.
- Release date
- March 3, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $1,733,017
Trailer
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
Crew
- Ben Bolt · Director
- Clark Howard · Writer
- Robert Roy Pool · Writer
- Martin Ransohoff · Producer
- Michael Melvoin · Composer
- Ralf D. Bode · Cinematographer
- Stuart H. Pappé · Editor
- Nancy Klopper · Casting director
- Bill Kenney · Production designer