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5.9/10
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A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster.
Alvaro D'Antonio
- Prager
- (as Mark Danton)
David James Elliott
- Cool Guy
- (as David Elliott)
- Directors
- Ben Bolt
- Harold Becker(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaThe film's budget allowed $600 for Matt Dillon to learn to play craps in real games. To make sure the money lasted, a film crew member always bet against him for the same amount so their wins and losses cancelled out.
- GoofsAlthough the film is set in 1957, when J.C. Cullen (Matt Dillon) and Aggie Donaldson (Suzy Amis) get off the street car, there is a 1980s model Cadillac in the street behind them, followed by another late-model car.
- Quotes
George Cole: Cullen, you're gonna pay for this!
- SoundtracksHome of the Blues
Written by Johnny Cash, Glen Douglas and Lillie McAlpin
Performed by Johnny Cash
Courtesy of Sun Records Int.
By arrangement with Original Sound Entertainment
Featured review
Craps is Badly Misrepresented
This is a decent film with a fairly strong cast and retro feel. Matt Dillon and a young Diane Lane are good here.
The problem is how the game of craps is portrayed. The skill in craps is knowing all the correct odds and bets on the table. Its NOT about being able to roll any number you want, its humanly impossible. Even with the optimal play, its still a game of chance. Its not profitable such that wealthy people would hire "arms" to play for them. It would never happen. A player can go on a roll and make a lot of quick money, but just as often a player can get murdered. There are many tales of "Lost Wages" at Las Vegas craps tables.
Its a mediocre film and needed a more valid premise.
The problem is how the game of craps is portrayed. The skill in craps is knowing all the correct odds and bets on the table. Its NOT about being able to roll any number you want, its humanly impossible. Even with the optimal play, its still a game of chance. Its not profitable such that wealthy people would hire "arms" to play for them. It would never happen. A player can go on a roll and make a lot of quick money, but just as often a player can get murdered. There are many tales of "Lost Wages" at Las Vegas craps tables.
Its a mediocre film and needed a more valid premise.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,733,017
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $776,675
- Sep 27, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $1,733,017
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