CROUPIER - BLU

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• Release Year: 1998
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Jack Manfred (Clive Owen 'Close My Eyes') is an aspiring writer who is going nowhere fast. To make ends meet, and against his better judgement, he returns to his former job as a croupier. Soon he finds himself drawn into the dark casino world and the job gradually takes over his life: his relationship with his girlfriend Marion (Gina McKee 'Notting Hill' 'Wonderland') begins to deteriorate. A sultry gambler Jani (Alex Kingston 'The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover', TV's 'ER'), who is down on her luckcatches Jack's attention and approaches him with an entincing offer to plan a heist at the casino. The elite 'inside casino' rules, the pressures on his personal life and the heist provide danger on the job and material worth writing about.
• Cast: Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton, Barnaby Kay, Gina McKee, John Radcliffe, Sheila Whitfield, David Hamilton, Carol Davis, Eddie Osei, Doremy Vernon, Claudine Carter, Ursula Alberts, Neville Phillips, Paul Reynolds, Kate Hardie, Ozzie Yue, Joanna E. Drummond, Manfred Heiden, Alex Kingston, Ciro de Chiara, Rhona Mitra, John Baker, Vida Garman, George Khan, Christine Niemöller, Claudia Barth, Tom Mannion, Arnold Zarom, James Clyde, Emma Lewis, Kate Fenwick, Rosemarie Dunham, Magnus Hastings, John Surman, Mark Long, Michail Golzarandi, Karl-Heinz Ciba, Sven Morche, Loretta Parnell, Simon Fisher-Turner, Mike Hodges
• Director: Mike Hodges
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Alliance, Channel Four Films
• Media Format: Movie