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Summaries. A dice roller falls in love with a talented dancer who happens to be the wife to a gangster. J.C. Cullen arrives in Chicago in 1957 from a small town. With a talent for winning at craps, he tries to embark as a professional gambler. He breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by the dangerous and brutal George ...
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A lucky country boy (Matt Dillon) turns crapshooter in 1950s Chicago and falls for a gangster's (Tommy Lee Jones) stripper wife (Diane Lane).
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Director. Clark Howard. Novel. Robert Roy Pool. Screenplay. 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.
The Big Town is a 1987 American drama neo-noir thriller film about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women—one of whom is already married.
Drama. Matt Dillon and Diane Lane sizzle in an electrifying thriller about a small town gambler seeking fame and fortune in the big city. J.C. Cullen (Dillon) arrives in Chicago and, with his cool hand becomes a top dice thrower.
Sep 25, 1987 · Synopsis by Hal Erickson. The Big Town is Chicago, circa 1957. Matt Dillon stars as a small-town crapshooter who heads to the Windy City to seek his fortune. There he becomes the pawn of two high-rolling professional gamblers, played by Lee Grant and Bruce Dern.
