The Big Town (1987 film)

Infobox Film
name = The Big Town

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caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Ben Bolt
Harold Becker
producer = Martin Ransohoff
writer = Clark Howard
Robert Roy Pool
starring = Matt Dillon
Diane Lane
Tommy Lee Jones
Bruce Dern
Lee Grant
music = Michael Melvoin
Frank Fitzpatrick (Music Editor)
cinematography = Ralf D. Bode
editing = Stuart H. Pappé
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = September 25, 1987
runtime = 109 min.
country = USA
language = English
gross = $1,733,000
amg_id = 1:5484
imdb_id = 0092656

"The Big Town" is a 1987 romantic drama film about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women - one of whom is already married. The film was directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker, and stars Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Tommy Lee Jones.

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Plot

In 1957, J. C. Cullen is a small-town crapshooter who heads to Chicago, Illinois to seek his fortune. There he becomes the pawn of two high-rolling professional gamblers, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. He later gets mixed-up in a revenge scheme cooked up by Lorry Dane, the embittered wife of strip-joint owner George Cole. Before he knows what's happened, Cullen is embroiled in two torrid romances, one with Dane and the other with "nice" girl Aggie Donaldson; he also nearly loses his life by ending up in the middle of a deadly feud between Edwards and Cole.

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