Adapted from István Csurka's play of the same name. Four men often get together in the evenings to play poker, big money is lost, often without any collateral. During heated arguments, it becomes clear during the break between playing cards that these people once had the opportunity to live differently. They were talented, but now they are neither on the right nor the left, and in their own words, they live in nihilism.

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

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A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mis...

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yea...

A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.

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From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matte...

A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his...

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