BETTING ON FILM

These films are our odds-on favorites for showing gambling on the big screen

—Jack Bettridge and David Savona

The Cincinnati Kid The game is five-card stud in this 1965 film, but instead of chips the players wield thick stacks of greenbacks, with bets large enough to still shock today. Steve McQueen plays the upstart hoping to unseat the old-school legend played by a cigar-puffing Edward G. Robinson. “You’re good kid, but as long as I’m around you’re second best.” Rounders Forget the glamour of Vegas casinos, this 1998 masterpiece takes poker to the gritty back rooms of New York. A young Matt Damon bets over his head against the cagey and dangerous Teddy KGB, played by John Malkovich. “In my club I will splash the pot whenever the fuck I please.” California Split Part comedy, part buddy movie, part hard look at desperate lives. California Split (1974) follows gambling partners (Elliott Gould as…

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