The Big Town

The Big Town (1987)

Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1987-09-25
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 49 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Albacore Productions Inc.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ben Bolt
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From 49 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Matt Dillon

    as J.C. Cullen
  • Diane Lane

    as Lorry Dane
  • Tommy Lee Jones

    as George Cole
  • Bruce Dern

    as M. 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
  • Meg Hogarth

    as Dorothy Cullen
  • Cherry Jones

    as Ginger McDonald
  • Alvaro D'Antonio

    as Prager (as Mark Danton)
  • David James Elliott

    as Cool Guy (as David Elliott)
  • Steve Yorke

    as Garage Boy
  • Chris Owens

    as Garage Boy
  • Sean McCann

    as Roy McMullin
  • Kevin Fox

    as Boss's Son
  • Marc Strange

    as Madigan
  • Don Lake

    as Patsy Fuqua
  • Angelo Rizacos

    as Harold
  • Chris Benson

    as Shooter
  • Gary Farmer

    as Duke
  • Diego Matamoros

    as Sid
  • Sarah Polley

    as Christy Donaldson
  • Kirsten Bishop

    as Adele
  • Kenneth McGregor

    as Bartender
  • Viki Matthews

    as Gem Club Dancer
  • Cherie McGroarty

    as Gem Club Dancer
  • Sandy Czapiewski

    as Gem Club Dancer
  • Marie Siebert

    as Gem Club Dancer
  • Julie Conte

    as Gem Club Dancer
  • A.C. Peterson

    as Doorman (as Alar Aedma)
  • Sam Malkin

    as Bernstein
  • Robert Morelli

    as Sideburns
  • Layne Coleman

    as Murphy
  • Lolita Davidovich

    as Black Lace Stripper (as Lolita David)
  • William Colgate

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • William Forrest MacDonald

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Len Doncheff

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Michael Caruana

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Richard Comar

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Lubomir Mykytiuk

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Robert Ramsay Collins

    as Gem Club Gambler
  • Errol Slue

    as Friendly Guy
  • Gerry Pearson

    as Baptist Preacher
  • Hugo Dann

    as Elmo
  • John Evans

    as Marvin Brown
  • J. Winston Carroll

    as Detective (as J.W. Carroll)
  • Diane Gordon

    as Mrs. Rogers
Camera Ralf D. Bode Director of Photography
Directing Ben Bolt Director
Writing Robert Roy Pool Screenplay
Writing Clark Howard Novel
Directing Andrew Shea Second Assistant Director
Production Don Carmody Co-Producer
Production Gene Kraft Executive Producer
Production Martin Ransohoff Producer
Production Jon Turtle Associate Producer
Sound Michael Melvoin Music
Editing Stuart H. Pappé Editor
Production Nancy Klopper Casting
Art Bill Kenney Production Design
Art Dan Yarhi Art Direction
Art Mark S. Freeborn Set Decoration
Art Rose Marie McSherry Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Wendy Partridge Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up David R. Beecroft Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Diana Ladyshewsky Assistant Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Teresa Robinson Assistant Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Katherine Southern Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Tim Mogg Makeup Artist
Production Michael Brownstone Unit Manager
Production Joyce Kozy King Production Manager
Production John Zane Unit Production Manager
Directing Don French First Assistant Director
Directing Terry Gould Third Assistant Director
Directing Howard Rothschild Second Assistant Director
Art Maher Ahmad Art Direction
Art Daniel R. Bradette Assistant Set Decoration
Art J. Tracy Budd Property Master
Crew Brian Carson Scenic Artist
Art Devra Cohen Art Department Assistant
Art Dennis Davenport Assistant Art Director
Art Bruno De La Celle Assistant Property Master
Art Raymond W. Fleischman Set Decoration
Art Marjorie Fritz-Birch Property Buyer
Art Aaron Holden Property Master

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