I thought this film would be good because Stuart Margolin is in it, pre- Angel Martin on the Rockford Files. I was mistaken, it is pretty bad, the photography looks nice however the print that I viewed was scratched beyond repair. A very poorly made co-production. Don Gordon is a good character actor, but character actors can't always carry an entire picture.
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Boat gambling
BandSAboutMovies4 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Based on the Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Gambler, this is a movie of gambling, confidence men, dirty tricks, twists and so many turns.
Director Ron Winston mostly worked in TV, directing episodes of Branded, Hawaii Five-O and McMillan & Wife. There's a fun cast, including Richard Ng as martial artist Koboyashi, Don Gordon as the protagonist Rooney and Suzy Kendall as the love interest Candace. Oh yeah and Stuart Margolin from The Rockford Files.
It nearly feels like a TV movie and that's not a bad thing. It also feels vaguely Italian -- Massimo Serato from Autopsy and Faith Domergue from Perversion Story are in it -- but it's an American/Yugoslavian production.
I mean, you can do worse than watch a movie with Suzy Kendall in it.
Director Ron Winston mostly worked in TV, directing episodes of Branded, Hawaii Five-O and McMillan & Wife. There's a fun cast, including Richard Ng as martial artist Koboyashi, Don Gordon as the protagonist Rooney and Suzy Kendall as the love interest Candace. Oh yeah and Stuart Margolin from The Rockford Files.
It nearly feels like a TV movie and that's not a bad thing. It also feels vaguely Italian -- Massimo Serato from Autopsy and Faith Domergue from Perversion Story are in it -- but it's an American/Yugoslavian production.
I mean, you can do worse than watch a movie with Suzy Kendall in it.
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