Summary: A sly, merciless thriller where a best-selling author and therapist wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp, her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, this film is a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The gambler: Kenny Rogers stars as the high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawkes, who has been summoned to Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew. Along the way, he befriends Billy Montana, a young Easterner who fancies himself a professional poker player. Brady teaches Billy a few lessons--about cards and also about life--and the two men end up forming a strong team.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN GAMSummary: Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HARSummary: A woman psychiatrist, trying to help a patient whose life has been threatened, is drawn into the dangerous but provocative underworld of a smooth-talking con man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HOUSummary: Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Romance DVDs, Call number: DVD ROMANCE OSCSummary: This jolt of pure cinematic adrenaline affirmed directors Josh and Benny Safdie as heirs to the gritty, heightened realism of Martin Scorsese and John Cassavetes. Adam Sandler delivers an almost maniacally embodied performance as Howard Ratner, a fast-talking New York jeweler in relentless pursuit of the next big score. When he comes into possession of a rare opal, it seems Howard's ship has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid violence. The excess of this alcoholic nightmare is held in check by rough humour.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Madman Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA WAKSummary: Among the pioneers of the untamed Oregon Territory of the 1850s is pack-mule express owner Logan Stuart, light-fingered banker/gambler George Camrose, Camrose's fiancée Lucy Overmire, a villainous outlaw named Honey Bragg and gunfighter Johnny Steele, the friend of a man Camrose has killed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN CANSummary: "A young man is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks."--IMDB web site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ROUSummary: An enterprising gambler and a bordello madam, both newcomers to the raw Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church, join forces to provide the miners with a superior kind of whorehouse experience. The appearance of representatives of a powerful mining company with interests of its own, however, threatens to be the undoing of their plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN MCCSummary: Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD GAMSummary: Joe is a great con artist and dice hustler who makes a lot of money from working the tables at Las Vegas casinos. He and his girlfriend Janice have a pretty good life. But then Joe gets a call from the institution where his son, Joe Jr., lives. Joe Jr., who has Down Syndrome is being too disruptive at the institution. Joe doesn't know how to take care of his son and this new change in his life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF YONSummary: William Tell is a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY CARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE CARSummary: A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family, and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY UNCCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE UNCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD UnSummary: Keeping one step ahead of their bookie, two L.A. gamblers embark on a winning streak that takes them to Reno, Nevada, where they enter a high-stakes poker game against the legendary Amarillo Slim.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY CALSummary: In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2007
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN RIOSummary: Rio bravo : On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie RioSummary: Sinister Dr. Mabuse maintains his wealth through counterfeiting, manipulating the stock exchange and bending weaker minds to his will. In part 1, Mabuse builds his empire and casually ruins Count Told while entrancing the thrill-seeking Countess. In part 2, Mabuse turns from criminal to villain, murdering the Count and kidnapping the Countess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Video 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DRSummary: Luck is still the lady they love best, as footloose gamblers Bret and Bart Maverick tangle with Indian war parties, killer cattlemen, feuding families, a stubborn marquesa, their conniving old Pappy and more, in twenty-six offbeat adventures packed with quips and twists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MaverickSummary: Nell Trent lives with her doting grandfather in his London shop. It is a magical place, filled from wall to wall with treasures. Grandfather keeps his nocturnal gambling activities a secret from Nell. He borrows heavily from the evil, profiteering loan shark Daniel Quilp. When Grandfather gambles away what little money they possess, Quilp seizes the opportunity to take possession of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV OLDSummary: From the rural banana plantation where they play soccer for the village team to the big city stadiums, two brothers have become rivals and battle each other on opposing sides. When a talent scout gets stranded in their tiny town, brothers Beto and Tato are discovered. They are whisked away to Mexico City to play for the big leagues where they quickly achieve fame. Beto is nicknamed 'Rudo' for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RUDSummary: Comedy about a handsome gambler, a charming lady scam artist and a lawman, all headed for a poker tournament held on a river boat with a $500,000 pot for the winner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997