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06-28-2005, 02:49 AM
ERIC FRANCIS' FAVOURITE POKER FLICKS
1. THE STING (1973)
Paul Newman outhustles Robert Shaw during a train-board poker game. Classic.
2. ROUNDERS (1998)
Matt Damon is forced back into the underground poker world to pay off Ed Norton's debt. Brilliant acting and writing by obvious poker experts.
3. CINCINNATI KID (1965)
Steve McQueen and Edward Robinson combine for a legendary movie-ending poker scene.
4. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (1974)
Amarillo Slim, Elliot Gould and George Segal in a movie designed to show the daily life of card-playing, sports-betting, gambling junkies.
5. SUNSET TRAIL (1939)
Hopalong Cassidy uses poker to triumph over evil.
6. LUCKYTOWN (2000)
Kirsten Dunst looks hot heading to Vegas to become a poker queen. Solid gambling scenes.
7. KALEIDOSCOPE (1966)
Warren Beatty plays a sly, cheating, debonair poker player who chases a monstrous pot to prove his worth.
8. LOADED PISTOLS (1948)
Gene Autry stars in a classic poker murder mystery that features someone getting shot at the table.
9. LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)
Four Londoners back a pal in a high-stakes poker game with a local gangster. Just a good flick.
10. MAVERICK (1994)
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster combine for a humourous tale revolving around a winner-takes-all poker tourney set in the old south.
1. THE STING (1973)
Paul Newman outhustles Robert Shaw during a train-board poker game. Classic.
2. ROUNDERS (1998)
Matt Damon is forced back into the underground poker world to pay off Ed Norton's debt. Brilliant acting and writing by obvious poker experts.
3. CINCINNATI KID (1965)
Steve McQueen and Edward Robinson combine for a legendary movie-ending poker scene.
4. CALIFORNIA SPLIT (1974)
Amarillo Slim, Elliot Gould and George Segal in a movie designed to show the daily life of card-playing, sports-betting, gambling junkies.
5. SUNSET TRAIL (1939)
Hopalong Cassidy uses poker to triumph over evil.
6. LUCKYTOWN (2000)
Kirsten Dunst looks hot heading to Vegas to become a poker queen. Solid gambling scenes.
7. KALEIDOSCOPE (1966)
Warren Beatty plays a sly, cheating, debonair poker player who chases a monstrous pot to prove his worth.
8. LOADED PISTOLS (1948)
Gene Autry stars in a classic poker murder mystery that features someone getting shot at the table.
9. LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)
Four Londoners back a pal in a high-stakes poker game with a local gangster. Just a good flick.
10. MAVERICK (1994)
Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster combine for a humourous tale revolving around a winner-takes-all poker tourney set in the old south.