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William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk.
4) Show boat
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Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat.
7) Honky tonk
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A gambler attempts to settle into honest life in a small town by falling in love with a young local and opening up a saloon with his gambling winnings.
8) Skiptrace
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Follow detective Benny Chan, in this action-packed comedy, as he tries to avenge the death of his late partner. Freewheeling American gambler Connor has the evidence Benny needs in order to get justice. Benny and Connor must survive the fight of their lives.
9) The gambler
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Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
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An enterprising gambler and a bordello madam, both newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives of a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans.
12) Uncut gems
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A charismatic jeweler (Adam Sandler) makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
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The Gambler Brady Hawkes (Rogers) is back and this time he's been dealt a hand that could cost him his son's life. Retired from gambling, Brady is leading the life of a rancher, but when his son Jeremiah starts running with a band of thieves called the Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, all bets are off.
Brady Hawkes, better known as The Gambler (Rogers) is headed from Mexico to San Francisco to test his skills in the richest...
14) Guys and dolls
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In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
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DI Harry Clayton is a detective in central London's murder squad suffering from a gambling addiction. After a night spent with the mysterious Eve, he wakes up with an ancient bracelet on his wrist and discovers that it gives him supernatural luck. With his gambling addiction having cost him his wife and daughter and being in debt for thousands of pounds to a casino owner, Clayton soon begins to use the bracelet to his own advantage.
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The gambler and the lady: "A greedy but successful gambler wants to join the British establishment when he fall in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first, he must mend his ways and get rid of his nightclub singer girlfriend."--IMDb.
Heat wave: "An American writer living in England gets entangled in a scheme by a beautiful blonde to murder her husband."--IMDb.
17) San Francisco
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A Barbary Coast saloon keeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally in 1906 San Francisco.
18) House of games
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A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
19) Swing time
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"In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie's showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed...
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