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.
Matt Dillon
as J.C. Cullen
Diane Lane
as Lorry Dane
Tommy Lee Jones
as George Cole
Bruce Dern
as M. Edwards
Lee Grant
as Ferguson Edwards
Tom Skerritt
as Phil Carpenter
Suzy Amis
as Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant
as Sonny Binkley
Don Francks
as Carl Hooker
Del Close
as Deacon Daniels
Meg Hogarth
as Dorothy Cullen
Cherry Jones
as Ginger McDonald
