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lock stock and two smoking barrels is a definite must.  i love that flick.  i think the same guys produced the one about brad pitt being a boxer and playing with his "dags".
 
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even money thought it was a little catchy and a good cast
 
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Quote Originally Posted by WendysRox:

Here's the scoop:  My chick and I are staying out of the bars more lately and I thought it'd be a great time to kind of show her what the gambling world is about.  All she really knows is that sometimes I'm up and sometimes I'm down.

We just took a little trip to Metropolis, IL so she could see a casino.  I taught her how to throw dice, play blackjack, and, of course, we had to hit some slots.

So far I've got the following on my "must own" list.  Any suggestions?

Owning Mahowney
Rounders
Two For The Money
The Cincinnati Kid







You might as well be up front and honest with her
 
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Quote Originally Posted by fatdan215:

even money thought it was a little catchy and a good cast



Forgot about that one! Pretty good, but a bit far fetched in some parts...
 
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Did you go see Superman in Metropolis. How about Poolhall Junkies!
 
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Color of Money
 
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[Quote: Originally Posted by golfandgamble]


Forgot about that one! Pretty good, but a bit far fetched in some parts...

yea it was at some parts i watched it today for the first time now i have to watch a couple of the ones ive seen on here does blockbuster rent out most of these that people are talking about??

 
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Suicide Kings LINK. Only marginally about gambling but a good movie.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Ap1Bfreetorun:

White Men Can't Jump - a sickening story of a degenerate gambler (with a lot of other stuff in it).  I have just watched it the one time only, I predicted many of the things that happened (being a FORMER degenerate gambler myself).  Too close to home.

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Here's one you might not want to watch, Even Money.  Good movie but after watching it she may not want to gamble, might even ask you to quit.
 
 
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Rounders.
 
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rounders is great...im craving oreo cookies now
 
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Casino is the best imo since it is based pretty much on a true story.
 
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Big Shot - Confessions of a Campus Bookie

Croupier

Even Money

Bookies


 
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The Gauntlet (Clint Eastwood) 
 
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Two older films:


The Man with the Golden Arm - Card Shark Frankie (Frank Sinatra) battles to curb his heroin addiction while battling the needs of his bedridden wife and his true love, Molly (Kim Novak). Can he get the monkey off his back or will his lifestyle drive him to oblivion?

and a French film,

Bob Le Flambeur-  In Paris's Montmartre district, everyone knows Bob, a well-dressed compulsive gambler. He's generous, moralistic, drives a two-toned convertible coupe, lives in a swank apartment, and has the respect of the police. But he's on a losing streak, and even when he hits it big at the track, he loses at the Deauville casino. When he learns that the casino keeps a fortune on Grand Prix weekend, he plots a robbery. Subplots trace a seemingly innocent coquette's social climb and the greed of a croupier's wife who betrays the thieves.
 
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Diggstown
 
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Let it Ride
 
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Wow - looks like we have enough movies to last us a while.  And, I still haven't caught up on LOST and Am Idol (c'mon you know you love watching those people make asses of themselves).

Walter - Yes, we did go see the superman as a matter of fact.  LOL, we kept saying we would do that, finally ended up stopping there for one pick on the way out of town (entire stop lasted a total of 45 seconds)  We just couldn't stay out of the hotel room and the casino long enough to do anything else.
 
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 The Cinncinnati Kid is a Classic.....Steve McQueen
 
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The Gambler.....James Caan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-jeWvB6xXo

Diggstown......James Woods & Louis Gossett Jr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr007U4Pekk

 
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Quote Originally Posted by ApacheM:

 The Cinncinnati Kid is a Classic.....Steve McQueen

..........along with...............Edward G. Robinson

and Ann Margret ain't too tough to look at either................

 
 
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The racetrack scene in Easy Money with Rodney Dangerfield and Joe Pesci.
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