Croupier / Channel Four Films presents ; in association with Filmstiftung NRW, WDR, La Sept Cinéma, Arte and Canal + ; a Little Bird and Tatfilm production ; in association with Compagnie des Phares & Balises ; a Mike Hodges and Paul Mayersberg film ; directed by Mike Hodges ; producer, Jonathan Cavendish ; written by Paul Mayersberg.
Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Kate Hardie, Nicholas Ball. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Wide screen (1.78:1).
Summary:
London's gambling world is the setting where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated.
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