The Big Town

Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire.

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.

Drama Romance

Matt Dillon

(J.C. Cullen)

Diane Lane

(Lorry Dane)

Tommy Lee Jones

(George Cole)

Bruce Dern

(M. Edwards)

Lee Grant

(Ferguson Edwards)

Tom Skerritt

(Phil Carpenter)

Suzy Amis

(Aggie Donaldson)

David Marshall Grant

(Sonny Binkley)

Don Francks

(Carl Hooker)

Del Close

(Deacon Daniels)

Meg Hogarth

(Dorothy Cullen)

Cherry Jones

(Ginger McDonald)

Alvaro D'Antonio

(Prager (as Mark Danton))

David James Elliott

(Cool Guy (as David Elliott))

Steve Yorke

(Garage Boy)

Chris Owens

(Garage Boy)

Sean McCann

(Roy McMullin)

Kevin Fox

(Boss's Son)

Marc Strange

(Madigan)

Don Lake

(Patsy Fuqua)

Angelo Rizacos

(Harold)

Chris Benson

(Shooter)

Gary Farmer

(Duke)

Diego Matamoros

(Sid)

Sarah Polley

(Christy Donaldson)

Kirsten Bishop

(Adele)

Kenneth McGregor

(Bartender)

Viki Matthews

(Gem Club Dancer)

Cherie McGroarty

(Gem Club Dancer)

Sandy Czapiewski

(Gem Club Dancer)

Marie Siebert

(Gem Club Dancer)

Julie Conte

(Gem Club Dancer)

A.C. Peterson

(Doorman (as Alar Aedma))

Sam Malkin

(Bernstein)

Robert Morelli

(Sideburns)

Layne Coleman

(Murphy)

Lolita Davidovich

(Black Lace Stripper (as Lolita David))

William Colgate

(Gem Club Gambler)

William Forrest MacDonald

(Gem Club Gambler)

Len Doncheff

(Gem Club Gambler)

Michael Caruana

(Gem Club Gambler)

Richard Comar

(Gem Club Gambler)

Lubomir Mykytiuk

(Gem Club Gambler)

Robert Ramsay Collins

(Gem Club Gambler)

Errol Slue

(Friendly Guy)

Gerry Pearson

(Baptist Preacher)

Hugo Dann

(Elmo)

John Evans

(Marvin Brown)

J. Winston Carroll

(Detective (as J.W. Carroll))

Diane Gordon

(Mrs. Rogers)