The Big Town

The Big Town (1987)

September 25th, 19871h 49min

Drama, Romance
55%

Overview

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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