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The Cincinnati Kid
Starring: Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann Margret
Director: Norman Jewison
Plot Outline:
A poker player competes against a professional master of
the game and the stakes are not only a small fortune but
also of being the top player. |
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Rounders (1998)
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton
Director: John Dahl
Plot Outline:
Master poker player Mike gives up gambling for law school
and a fresh start with his girlfriend, but then his best
buddy gets out of prison and over his head with a ruthless
Russian card shark. |
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Shade (2003)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Melanie Griffith, Jamie Fox
Director: Damian Nieman
Plot Outline:
Set in the world of high-stakes poker hustlers, this is
the story of three hustlers who find themselves chased by
a ripped-off gangster looking for revenge. |
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Kaleidoscope
(1966)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Susannah York
Director: Jack Smight
Plot Outline:
A footloose playboy finds himself in over his head when
he develops a scheme to break the bank at all the high-class
casinos by breaking into a card manufacturing company and
marking all the cards.
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Ocean's Eleven
(2001)
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt
Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Elliott Gould, Casey Affleck,
Carl Reiner
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Plot Outline:
A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean rounds up a gang of
associates to stage heists of three major Las Vegas casinos
simultaneously during a popular boxing event. |
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Ocean's Eleven
(1960)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter
Lawford, Angie Dickinson
Director: Lewis Milestone
Plot Outline:
When a group of eleven amateur crooks devise a plan to rob
a number of Las Vegas Casinos, they find themselves opposed
by a professional crook, who is trying his best to foil
their plans. |
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Maverick (1994)
Starring: James Garner, Mel Gibson
Director: Richard Donner
Plot Outline:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than
fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars
in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins
in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a
few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all
with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler
with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two
both try and enter the game. |
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Luckytown
(2000)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Vincent Kartheiser, James Caan,
Luis Guzman
Director: Paul Nicholas
Plot Outline:
When Lidda goes searching for her long lost father, among
the flash of Las Vegas, she finds he has himself in trouble
with one of the local underground kingpins. Soon a trap
is set with her as the bait, will he save her or save himself?
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Showgirls
(1995)
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle Maclachlan
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Plot Outline:
When a young drifter attempts to realize her dreams of staring
in the feature act at a grand Las Vegas Hotel, she is forced
to demean herself by dancing at strip clubs and working
her way slowly to the top.
Note: Explicit Sexuality & Nudity
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Winning Texas Hold'Em
(2004)
Director: Bryan Perraud
Description:
Introducing Ultimate Poker, the step-by-step guide to the
hottest, poker game today - Texas Hold'Em. Whether you're
brand new to the game, or ready to battle the pros, Ultimate
Poker has everything you need to bring the excitement, and
the challenge of Texas Hold'Em... Right into your own home.
Ultimate Poker includes three easy-to-learn, easy-to-follow
videos hosted by Vince Van Patten of the World Poker Tour,
and the best-selling poker writer today, Ken Warren
Note: Poker Tutorial; NOT a movie.
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