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The Cincinnati Kid is the fastmoving story of a burningly-ambitious young rambling-gambling man who challenges the king of stud poker to a showdown for the champ title of The Man. Adapted from ...
The Cincinnati Kid is a young up-and-coming card player who decides to challenge the reigning champ, Lancey Hodges, in an underground poker game. Will he win or lose? Snore. Richard Jessup’s 1963 novel The Cincinnati Kid is a rightfully forgotten pile of garbage about tedious people doing supposedly interesting things in an uninteresting ...
May 31, 2005 · Cincinnati Kid, The (DVD) A few words for anyone who sits at the poker table with the Kid: Read ’em and weep. Steve McQueen brings his cool fire to the role of the Cincinnati Kid, a small-timer eager to take his chances in high-stakes poker. He gets his chance.
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Nov 1, 2019 · The Cincinnati Kid, first published in 1963 (and made into a feature film starring Steve McQueen in 1965), is a gritty novel of smoky back-rooms and centered on a young card-shark (“The Kid”) who eventually finds himself in a stud-poker game against the undisputed master (“The Man”).
Summary An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. Drama. Directed By: Norman Jewison, Sam Peckinpah. Written By: Richard Jessup, Ring Lardner Jr., Terry Southern.
The Cincinnati Kid is first-rate work, easily one of the best pictures of the year. Full Review | Sep 2, 2020. Joan Didion Vogue Nothing seems to be at stake. Full Review | Mar 11, 2020. Felix ...
Steve McQueen stars as the Cincinnati Kid, a crackerjack New Orleans stud poker player. Tired of chicken feed, the Kid decides to challenge The Man (Edward G. Robinson), the reigning poker champ, who is in town for a private game. The Shooter (Karl Malden), another gambling pro, arranges a game between the Kid and the Man, with the Shooter dealing.
