The Big Town

5.5
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Run time: 109 min
  • Premiere: 1987. September 25.

It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. While there, he breaks the bank at a private craps game at the Gem Club, owned by George Cole, and falls in love with two women, one of them Cole's wife.

Discover

Matt Dillon

J.C. Cullen

Diane Lane

Lorry Dane

Tommy Lee Jones

George Cole

Bruce Dern

M. Edwards

Lee Grant

Ferguson Edwards

Tom Skerritt

Phil Carpenter

Suzy Amis

Aggie Donaldson

David Marshall Grant

Sonny Binkley

Don Francks

Carl Hooker

Del Close

Deacon Daniels

Meg Hogarth

Dorothy Cullen

Cherry Jones

Ginger McDonald

Steve Yorke

Garage Boy

Chris Owens

Garage Boy

Sean McCann

Roy McMullin

Kevin Fox

Boss's Son

Marc Strange

Madigan

Don Lake

Patsy Fuqua

Chris Benson

Shooter

Sarah Polley

Christy Donaldson

Viki Matthews

Gem Club Dancer

Cherie McGroarty

Gem Club Dancer

Sandy Czapiewski

Gem Club Dancer

Marie Siebert

Gem Club Dancer

Julie Conte

Gem Club Dancer

Sam Malkin

Bernstein

Robert Morelli

Sideburns

Lolita Davidovich

Black Lace Stripper

William Colgate

Gem Club Gambler

William Forrest MacDonald

Gem Club Gambler

Len Doncheff

Gem Club Gambler

Michael Caruana

Gem Club Gambler

Richard Comar

Gem Club Gambler

Lubomir Mykytiuk

Gem Club Gambler

Robert Ramsay Collins

Gem Club Gambler

Errol Slue

Friendly Guy

Gerry Pearson

Baptist Preacher

John Evans

Marvin Brown

Diane Gordon

Mrs. Rogers

Art

Mark S. Freeborn

Set Decoration

Bill Kenney

Production Design

Rose Marie McSherry

Set Decoration

Dan Yarhi

Art Direction

Bruno De La Celle

Assistant Property Master

Maher Ahmad

Art Direction

Daniel R. Bradette

Assistant Set Decoration

Dennis Davenport

Assistant Art Director

Raymond W. Fleischman

Set Decoration

J. Tracy Budd

Property Master

Aaron Holden

Property Master

Marjorie Fritz-Birch

Property Buyer

Devra Cohen

Art Department Assistant

Camera

Ralf D. Bode

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Diana Ladyshewsky

Assistant Hairstylist

Katherine Southern

Makeup Artist

David R. Beecroft

Hairstylist

Wendy Partridge

Costume Design

Teresa Robinson

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tim Mogg

Makeup Artist

Crew

Brian Carson

Scenic Artist

Directing

Ben Bolt

Director

Andrew Shea

Second Assistant Director

Don French

First Assistant Director

Howard Rothschild

Second Assistant Director

Terry Gould

Third Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jon Turtle

Associate Producer

Don Carmody

Co-Producer

Gene Kraft

Executive Producer

John Zane

Unit Production Manager

Joyce Kozy King

Production Manager

Michael Brownstone

Unit Manager

Sound

Writing

Robert Roy Pool

Screenplay

Art

Mark S. Freeborn

Set Decoration

Bill Kenney

Production Design

Rose Marie McSherry

Set Decoration

Dan Yarhi

Art Direction

Bruno De La Celle

Assistant Property Master

Maher Ahmad

Art Direction

Daniel R. Bradette

Assistant Set Decoration

Dennis Davenport

Assistant Art Director

Raymond W. Fleischman

Set Decoration

J. Tracy Budd

Property Master

Aaron Holden

Property Master

Marjorie Fritz-Birch

Property Buyer

Devra Cohen

Art Department Assistant

Camera

Ralf D. Bode

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Diana Ladyshewsky

Assistant Hairstylist

Katherine Southern

Makeup Artist

David R. Beecroft

Hairstylist

Wendy Partridge

Costume Design

Teresa Robinson

Assistant Makeup Artist

Tim Mogg

Makeup Artist

Crew

Brian Carson

Scenic Artist

Directing

Ben Bolt

Director

Andrew Shea

Second Assistant Director

Don French

First Assistant Director

Howard Rothschild

Second Assistant Director

Terry Gould

Third Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Jon Turtle

Associate Producer

Don Carmody

Co-Producer

Gene Kraft

Executive Producer

John Zane

Unit Production Manager

Joyce Kozy King

Production Manager

Michael Brownstone

Unit Manager

Sound

Writing

Robert Roy Pool

Screenplay