The Big Town
Lady luck is always on his side. Tonight, she's on fire.
1987 | 109m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Ben Bolt |
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| Writer: | Robert Roy Pool, Clark Howard |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 25, 1987 |
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| Director: | Ben Bolt |
| Writer: | Robert Roy Pool, Clark Howard |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | chicago, illinois, based on novel or book, gangster, stripper, gambler, craps, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Albacore Productions Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,733,017
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ben Bolt | Director |
| Robert Roy Pool | Screenplay |
| Clark Howard | Novel |
| Michael Melvoin | Music |
| Stuart H. Pappé | Editor |
| Bill Kenney | Production Design |
| Dan Yarhi | Art Direction |
| Mark S. Freeborn | Set Decoration |
| Rose Marie McSherry | Set Decoration |
| David R. Beecroft | Hairstylist |
| Diana Ladyshewsky | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Teresa Robinson | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Katherine Southern | Makeup Artist |
| Tim Mogg | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Brownstone | Unit Manager |
| Joyce Kozy King | Production Manager |
| John Zane | Unit Production Manager |
| Don French | First Assistant Director |
| Terry Gould | Third Assistant Director |
| Howard Rothschild | Second Assistant Director |
| Maher Ahmad | Art Direction |
| Daniel R. Bradette | Assistant Set Decoration |
| J. Tracy Budd | Property Master |
| Brian Carson | Scenic Artist |
| Devra Cohen | Art Department Assistant |
| Dennis Davenport | Assistant Art Director |
| Bruno De La Celle | Assistant Property Master |
| Raymond W. Fleischman | Set Decoration |
| Marjorie Fritz-Birch | Property Buyer |
| Aaron Holden | Property Master |
| Ralf D. Bode | Director of Photography |
| Andrew Shea | Second Assistant Director |
| Nancy Klopper | Casting |
| Wendy Partridge | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gene Kraft | Executive Producer |
| Don Carmody | Co-Producer |
| Martin Ransohoff | Producer |
| Jon Turtle | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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