Where the Action Is
Genres
Overview
A gambler is smuggled into a billionaire's house to undertake a gambling duel.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
74 min
Release Date
1975-02-08
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
Edd Byrnes
Eddie Vallance
Ingrid Pitt
Ilse
Trevor Baxter
Winters
George Innes
Zac
Oliver MacGreevy
Henry
Larry Cross
Tommy Vaughan
James Berwick
'Daddy' Burns
Frank Coda
Pursell
Suzanna Williams
Maid (as Suzannah Williams)
Ray Marioni
Croupier
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6.2
Snake Eyes
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1998-08-07 | en
7.6
The Big Sleep
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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6.0
Shaft's Big Score!
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
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6.7
Fast & Furious
When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.
2009-04-02 | en
8.1
Yojimbo
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6.7
Owning Mahowny
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
2003-05-02 | en
6.5
Time Lapse
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6.4
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0.0
All on the Red
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1968-05-25 | it
6.7
Croupier
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
1998-06-25 | en
6.6
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An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact.
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7.3
Wake in Fright
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6.0
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7.1
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5.6
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Katlin is a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt. Her habit also causes a high degree of family tension.
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4.6
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6.8
House of Games
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0.0
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5.8
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