The Big Town

5.6

109 minutes

9/25/1987

Overview

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.

Cast List

Matt Dillon
as J.C. Cullen
Diane Lane
as Lorry Dane
Tommy Lee Jones
as George Cole
Bruce Dern
as M. Edwards
Lee Grant
as Ferguson Edwards
Tom Skerritt
as Phil Carpenter
Suzy Amis
as Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant
as Sonny Binkley
Don Francks
as Carl Hooker
Del Close
as Deacon Daniels
Meg Hogarth
as Dorothy Cullen
Cherry Jones
as Ginger McDonald
Alvaro D'Antonio
as Prager
David James Elliott
as Cool Guy
Steve Yorke
as Garage Boy
Chris Owens
as Garage Boy
Sean McCann
as Roy McMullin
Kevin Fox
as Boss's Son
Marc Strange
as Madigan
Don Lake
as Patsy Fuqua
Angelo Rizacos
as Harold
Chris Benson
as Shooter
Gary Farmer
as Duke
Diego Matamoros
as Sid
Sarah Polley
as Christy Donaldson
Kirsten Bishop
as Adele
Kenneth McGregor
as Bartender
Viki Matthews
as Gem Club Dancer
Cherie McGroarty
as Gem Club Dancer
Sandy Czapiewski
as Gem Club Dancer
Marie Siebert
as Gem Club Dancer
Julie Conte
as Gem Club Dancer
A.C. Peterson
as Doorman
Sam Malkin
as Bernstein
Robert Morelli
as Sideburns
Layne Coleman
as Murphy
Lolita Davidovich
as Black Lace Stripper
William Colgate
as Gem Club Gambler
William Forrest MacDonald
as Gem Club Gambler
Len Doncheff
as Gem Club Gambler
Michael Caruana
as Gem Club Gambler
Richard Comar
as Gem Club Gambler
Lubomir Mykytiuk
as Gem Club Gambler
Robert Ramsay Collins
as Gem Club Gambler
Errol Slue
as Friendly Guy
Gerry Pearson
as Baptist Preacher
Hugo Dann
as Elmo
John Evans
as Marvin Brown
J. Winston Carroll
as Detective
Diane Gordon
as Mrs. Rogers