Croupier
All bets are off in London's gambling world when struggling writer Jack Manfred (
Gosford Park's Clive Owen) accepts his father's offer of a job as a croupier, out the cards of fate and fortune each night to casino patrons. As his relationship with his girlfriend, Marion (
Notting Hill's Gina McKee), suffers from the strain of his new job, Jack finds his eye roving to a seductive gambler, Jani ("ER"'s Alex Kingston), who lures him into a dangerous robbery scheme with Jack positioned as the inside man. A critical and commercial smash, this delicious British thriller from director Mike Hodges (
Get Carter) and writer Paul Mayersberg (
The Last Samurai) is a winner from start to finish.
