The Big Town
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| The Big Town | |
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| Directed by | Ben Bolt Harold Becker |
| Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
| Written by | Clark Howard Robert Roy Pool |
| Starring | Matt Dillon Diane Lane Tommy Lee Jones Bruce Dern Lee Grant |
| Music by | Michael Melvoin Frank Fitzpatrick (Music Editor) |
| Cinematography | Ralf D. Bode |
| Editing by | Stuart H. Pappé |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 25, 1987 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $1,733,000 |
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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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[edit] Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
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| Matt Dillon | J. C. Cullen |
| Diane Lane | Lorry Dane |
| Tommy Lee Jones | George Cole |
| Bruce Dern | Mr. Edwards |
| Lee Grant | Ferguson Edwards |
| Tom Skerritt | Phil Carpenter |
| Suzy Amis | Aggie Donaldson |
| David Marshall Grant | Sonny Binkley |
| Don Francks | Carl Hooker |
| Del Close | Deacon Daniels |
| Cherry Jones | Ginger McDonald |
| David James Elliott | Cool Guy (as David Elliott) |
[edit] 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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