The Gin Game

The Gin Game (1981)


  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1981-04-21
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO/Nederlander Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Terry Hughes
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Summary

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident. While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.

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  • Jessica Tandy

    as Fonsia Dorsey
  • Hume Cronyn

    as Weller Martin
Writing D.L. Coburn Theatre Play
Production Terry Hughes Producer
Production Archer King Executive Producer
Production Ellen Krass Executive Producer
Production Robert Dale Martin Executive Producer
Sound Michael Small Music
Costume & Make-Up Bill Walker Costume Design
Directing Terry Hughes Director
Directing Mike Nichols Stage Director

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