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15/10/1965 Drama 1h 42m
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He'd take on anyone, at anything, anytime.

Overview

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Steve McQueen

    Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")

  2. Edward G. Robinson

    Lancey Howard

  3. Ann-Margret

    Melba Nile

  4. Karl Malden

    Shooter

  5. Tuesday Weld

    Christian Rudd

  6. Joan Blondell

    Lady Fingers

  7. Rip Torn

    William Jefferson Slade

  8. Jack Weston

    Pig

  9. Cab Calloway

    Yeller

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-10-04
People will sit down at the table with you, just so they can say they played with The Man

Blah blah blah is the feelings I get when I see comments about this being McQueen's answer to The Hustler, the Newman film is firmly ensconced in the hall of classics and rightly so, but this is a different animal that stands up on its own two feet as a great film regardless of comparisons of leading men or films they respectively delivered.

"It's a pleasure to meet someone who understands that to the true gambler, money is never an end in itself, it's simply a tool, as a language is to thought"

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$15,260,000.00

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