Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
- friendship
- casino
- poker
- gambling
- fight
- gambling debt
- roulette
- broken nose
- stripper
- racetrack
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Edward Walsh — Lew
- Joseph Walsh — Sparkie
- Bert Remsen — Helen Brown
- Barbara London — Lady on the Bus
- Barbara Ruick — Reno Barmaid
- Jay Fletcher — Robber
- Jeff Goldblum — Lloyd Harris
- Barbara Colby — Receptionist
- Vincent Palmieri — First Bartender
- Alyce Passman — Go-Go Girl
- Joanne Strauss — Mother
- Directed
- Robert Altman
- Written
- Joseph Walsh
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 143 ratings
- Studio
- Spelling-Goldberg Productions, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures, Reno Associates
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
