Bill Denny (George Segal) and Charlie Waters (Elliott Gould) are accused of colluding to cheat a poker game. They end up as drinking buddies and then going to jail together. The friends bet on everything. Charlie goes away unexpectedly to Tijuana. Things don't go Bill's way and he starts racking up debts. The guys go to Reno for a big poker game.
It's got director Robert Altman's style of overlapping dialog and long meandering takes. Segal and Gould have a good sense of the gambler's mind. They're not too big and give a realism to the portrayal. Their everyday is about gambling. It's an obsession, and a life. It infiltrates every aspect of their lives. It does a good job.
It's got director Robert Altman's style of overlapping dialog and long meandering takes. Segal and Gould have a good sense of the gambler's mind. They're not too big and give a realism to the portrayal. Their everyday is about gambling. It's an obsession, and a life. It infiltrates every aspect of their lives. It does a good job.