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...Flambeur. Trench coats, neon lights, rain-washed streets. And a man of honor in a world of thieves. French Writer-Director Jean-Pierre Melville's drama of a gambler down on his luck took 27 years to arrive in the U.S.; it is a classic example of the dark, doom-dripping genre known as film noir...
...bought under an assumed name, and collecting some gambling debts. Government prosecutors charge that Harrelson, 44, convicted once of murder for hire (he served five years before a parole in 1978), killed Wood for a $250,000 fee from a Las Vegas gambler and drug smuggler. To demonstrate his prowess as a professional cardsharp, Harrelson offered the court an impromptu exhibition. No thanks, said U.S. District Judge William Sessions...
Jinsed's basic premise is that a petty gambler named Howard (Rip Torn) has somehow managed to put a "jinx" on a young blackjack dealer. Willy (Ken Wahl), and is now chasing him from casino to casino trying to break the bank. Whenever Howard smokes a certain magically lucky brand of cigar, he's sure to win any hand Willy deals him Howard is a rather sleazy character with a seemingly infinite wardrobe of polyester Stetson hats, and this is his first chance...
...drug-dealing scheme in earnest, De Lorean told a group of sports car dealers: "We will do anything to keep this company alive." But what he really seemed committed to keeping alive was an image of himself: John De Lorean, the smart and plucky maverick businessman, the high-stakes gambler who makes his own rules and always wins...
...ordered a special nook for the gun he always carried. In December 1978, the night after he picked up the car from the dealer, he was shot to death during a robbery in his fortress-like office. He was 41. Lee's brother Jamiel ("Jimmy") was a professional gambler who was known to win or lose a million dollars in a single night in Las Vegas. But his gambling was financed by a more deadly game. In 1979 Jimmy,described by federal prosecutors as the kingpin of a narcotics empire in the Southwest, was indicted for drug smuggling...