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1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
London's gambling world is the setting where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated.
Shooting Gallery ; Channel Four Films presents in association with Filmstiflung NRW [and others] ; a Little Bird & Tatfilm production in association with Compagnie des Pilares & Balises ; written by Paul Mayersberg ; produced by Jonathan Cavendish ; directed by Mike Hodges.
Videodisc release of the 1998 motion picture.
Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Kate Hardie, Nicholas Ball.
Director of photography, Mike Garfath ; editor, Les Healey ; music, Simon Fisher Turner.