The Big Town

The Big Town

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 25, 1987

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. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.

The Big Town

109 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 25, 1987

The Big Town
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. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Columbia Pictures, Albacore Productions Inc.
Original title The Big Town
Directors Don French, Howard Rothschild, Terry Gould, Andrew Shea, Ben Bolt
Writers Clark Howard, Robert Roy Pool

Cast

Matt Dillon

as J.C. Cullen

Diane Lane

as Lorry Dane

Tommy Lee Jones

as George Cole

Bruce Dern

as M. Edwards

Lee Grant

as Ferguson Edwards

Tom Skerritt

as Phil Carpenter

Suzy Amis

as Aggie Donaldson

David Marshall Grant

as Sonny Binkley

Don Francks

as Carl Hooker

Del Close

as Deacon Daniels

Meg Hogarth

as Dorothy Cullen

Cherry Jones

as Ginger McDonald

Alvaro D'Antonio

as Prager (as Mark Danton)

David James Elliott

as Cool Guy (as David Elliott)

Steve Yorke

as Garage Boy

Chris Owens

as Garage Boy

Sean McCann

as Roy McMullin

Kevin Fox

as Boss's Son

Marc Strange

as Madigan

Don Lake

as Patsy Fuqua

Angelo Rizacos

as Harold

Chris Benson

as Shooter

Gary Farmer

as Duke

Sarah Polley

as Christy Donaldson

Kirsten Bishop

as Adele

Kenneth McGregor

as Bartender

Viki Matthews

as Gem Club Dancer

Cherie McGroarty

as Gem Club Dancer

Sandy Czapiewski

as Gem Club Dancer

Marie Siebert

as Gem Club Dancer

Julie Conte

as Gem Club Dancer

Alan C. Peterson

as Doorman (as Alar Aedma)

Sam Malkin

as Bernstein

Robert Morelli

as Sideburns

Layne Coleman

as Murphy

Lolita Davidovich

as Black Lace Stripper (as Lolita David)

William Colgate

as Gem Club Gambler

William Forrest MacDonald

as Gem Club Gambler

Len Doncheff

as Gem Club Gambler

Michael Caruana

as Gem Club Gambler

Richard Comar

as Gem Club Gambler

Lubomir Mykytiuk

as Gem Club Gambler

Robert Ramsay Collins

as Gem Club Gambler

Errol Slue

as Friendly Guy

Gerry Pearson

as Baptist Preacher

Hugo Dann

as Elmo

John Evans

as Marvin Brown

J. Winston Carroll

as Detective (as J.W. Carroll)

Diane Gordon

as Mrs. Rogers