Croupier Movie Review 1997

Director Hodges scored a hit with the 1971 British crime thriller "Get Carter." And after some rocky followups, he scores another with this cool casino neo-noir. A cynical South African, now living in London, Jack Manfred (Owen) is trying to escape the reach of his con man dad. The would-be writer (his detective character Jake does the film's narrative) takes a job as a casino dealer where he can observe life at his preferred distance--that is until a fellow South African, sulty gambling beauty Jani (Kingston), talks him into a shady scheme that provides fodder for Jack's writing. Owen is especially watchable in the title role.

Distribution

The Shooting Gallery, 609 Greenwich St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10014, Phone: (212)905-2000, Fax: (212)905-2221, URL: http://www.shootinggallery.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

London, Gambling, Heists, Writers, Scams, Stings & Cons, Contemporary Noir, Bad Dads

Screenplay

Paul Mayersberg

Cast

Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Kate Hardie, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball, Nick Reding

Cinematography

Mike Garfath

Director

Mike Hodges

Music

Simon Fisher Turner

Other

Les Healey

Producer

England Channel 4 London