Poker Alice

– She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "ho..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1987
Poker Alice (1987)

She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.

Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

22 May 1987

Language:

English

Director:

Arthur Allan Seidelman

Writer:

James Lee Barrett

Main Actors:

Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt, George Hamilton, Richard Mulligan

Plot:

Alice Moffit, 'Poker Alice', has been disowned by her Boston family because of her incurable penchant for gambling. She is travelling the West with her cousin, John, when she wins a house in a poker game on a train. The 'house' turns out to be a bordello, which she decides to run until she can sell it. She falls for a bounty hunter, Jeremy Collins, who is about to settle down in California. Marrying him would mean ending the life-long relationship between the two cousins.

Production:

New World Television

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10