DIRECTOR
Robert Altman
RUNTIME
1h 48m
RATING
R
CAST
George Segal,
Elliott Gould,
Ann Prentiss,
Gwen Welles,
Edward Walsh,
Joseph Walsh,
Bert Remsen,
Barbara London,
Barbara Ruick
SYNOPSIS
Bill Denny (George Segal) and Charlie Walters (Elliott Gould) are two compulsive gamblers with nothing in common except incredibly bad luck. But after a chance meeting at an LA card parlor, these two losers find that together, they make an unbeatable team. Embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime winning streak, Bill and Charlie bet their way from the tacky racetracks and bars of Los Angeles to the plush casino tables of Reno, where they end up staking their good fortune on a "friendly" little game of poker with the legendary world champion, Amarillo Slim. A high-rolling comedy about two friends with an uncontrollable urge to score.
CAST
George Segal,
Elliott Gould,
Ann Prentiss,
Gwen Welles,
Edward Walsh,
Joseph Walsh,
Bert Remsen,
Barbara London,
Barbara Ruick
SYNOPSIS
Bill Denny (George Segal) and Charlie Walters (Elliott Gould) are two compulsive gamblers with nothing in common except incredibly bad luck. But after a chance meeting at an LA card parlor, these two losers find that together, they make an unbeatable team. Embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime winning streak, Bill and Charlie bet their way from the tacky racetracks and bars of Los Angeles to the plush casino tables of Reno, where they end up staking their good fortune on a "friendly" little game of poker with the legendary world champion, Amarillo Slim. A high-rolling comedy about two friends with an uncontrollable urge to score.
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Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection - 1974
This March, the Egyptian theater proudly present ‘Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection - 1974’ screening series. Featuring a selection of timeless classics to revisit or discover for the first time, including seven 35mm prints, two rarely screened archival prints of Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence, as well as the Los Angeles premiere of the DCP restoration of Jack Hill’s Foxy Brown.
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