The Big Town (1987)
1h 49m
Running Time
September 25, 1987Release Date
The Big Town (1987)
1h 49m
Running Time
September 25, 1987Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Matt Dillon
J.C. Cullen
Diane Lane
Lorry
Tommy Lee Jones
George
Bruce Dern
Mr. Edwards
Lee Grant
Ferguson Edwards
Harold Becker
Director
Tom Skerritt
Phil Carpenter
Suzy Amis
Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant
Sonny Binkley
Don Francks
Carl Hooker
Del Close
Deacon Daniels
Meg Hogarth
Dorothy Cullen
Cherry Jones
Ginger McDonald
Ben Bolt
Director
Alvaro D'Antonio
Prager (as Mark Danton)
Clark Howard
Writer
David James Elliott
Cool Guy (as David Elliott)
Robert Roy Pool
Writer
Steve Yorke
Garage Boy
Martin Ransohoff
Producer
Chris Owens
Garage Boy
Michael Melvoin
Composer
Ralf D. Bode
Cinematographer
Sean McCann
Roy McMullin
Kevin Fox
Boss's Son
Stuart H. Pappé
Editor
Marc Strange
Madigan
Nancy Klopper
CastingDirector
Bill Kenney
ProductionDesigner
Don Lake
Patsy Fuqua
Angelo Rizacos
Harold
Chris Benson
Shooter
Gary Farmer
Duke
Diego Matamoros
Sid
Sarah Polley
Christy Donaldson
Kirsten Bishop
Adele
Kenneth McGregor
Bartender
Viki Matthews
Gem Club Dancer
Cherie McGroarty
Gem Club Dancer
Sandy Czapiewski
Gem Club Dancer
Marie Siebert
Gem Club Dancer
Julie Conte
Gem Club Dancer
A.C. Peterson
Doorman (as Alar Aedma)
Sam Malkin
Bernstein
Robert Morelli
Sideburns
Layne Coleman
Murphy
Lolita Davidovich
Black Lace Stripper (as Lolita David)
William Colgate
Gem Club Gambler
William Forrest MacDonald
Gem Club Gambler
Len Doncheff
Gem Club Gambler
Michael Caruana
Gem Club Gambler
Richard Comar
Gem Club Gambler
Lubomir Mykytiuk
Gem Club Gambler
Robert Ramsay Collins
Gem Club Gambler
Errol Slue
Friendly Guy
Gerry Pearson
Baptist Preacher
Hugo Dann
Elmo
John Evans
Marvin Brown
J. Winston Carroll
Detective (as J.W. Carroll)
Diane Gordon
Mrs. Rogers
Wendy Partridge
Costume Design
Don Carmody
Co-Producer
Maher Ahmad
Art Direction
Rose Marie McSherry
Set Decoration
Mark S. Freeborn
Set Decoration
Dan Yarhi
Art Direction
Teresa Robinson
Assistant Makeup Artist
Katherine Southern
Makeup Artist
Dennis Davenport
Assistant Art Director
Jon Turtle
Associate Producer
Aaron Holden
Property Master
Terry Gould
Third Assistant Director
Joyce Kozy King
Production Manager
David R. Beecroft
Hairstylist
J. Tracy Budd
Property Master
Howard Rothschild
Second Assistant Director
John Zane
Unit Production Manager
Tim Mogg
Makeup Artist
Diana Ladyshewsky
Assistant Hairstylist
Marjorie Fritz-Birch
Property Buyer
Andrew Shea
Second Assistant Director
Daniel R. Bradette
Assistant Set Decoration
Michael Brownstone
Unit Manager
Don French
First Assistant Director
Gene Kraft
Executive Producer
Brian Carson
Scenic Artist
Devra Cohen
Art Department Assistant
Bruno De La Celle
Assistant Property Master
Raymond W. Fleischman
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 25, 1987
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 49m
Content RatingR
Box Office$1,733,017
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Wiki.
The Big Town is a 1987 American drama neo-noir thriller 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 (uncredited) and it stars Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Tommy Lee Jones.