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Croupier

Year:

2000

Duration:

94 min | Poland:91 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Mike Hodges

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: France

Release Date: 2000-04-21

Filming Locations: Infostudios, Monheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $80,247 (USA) (23 April 2000)

Gross: $6,198,916 (USA) (29 October 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rhona Mitra

Clive Owen

Jack Manfred

Nick Reding

Giles Cremorne

Nicholas Ball

Jack Snr.

Alexander Morton

David Reynolds

Barnaby Kay

Car Dealer

Gina McKee

Marion Nell

John Radcliffe

Barber

Sheila Whitfield

Manicurist

David Hamilton

Casino Supervisor

Carol Davis

Table Supervisor

Eddie Osei

West Indian Punter

Doremy Vernon

Woman I

Claudine Carter

Woman II

Ursula Alberts

Madame Claude

Neville Phillips

White Haired Man

Paul Reynolds

Matt

Kate Hardie

Bella

Ozzie Yue

Mr. Tchai

Joanna E. Drummond

Agnes

Manfred Heiden

Mr. Tchai's Bodyguard

Alex Kingston

Jani de Villiers

Ciro de Chiara

Cheat

John Baker

Couple in Toilet

Vida Garman

Couple in Toilet

George Khan

Coughing Man

Christine Niemöller

Pat

Claudia Barth

Waitress

Tom Mannion

Ross

Arnold Zarom

Habib the Terrorist

James Clyde

Gordon

Emma Lewis

Fiona

Kate Fenwick

Chloe

Rosemarie Dunham

Jewish Woman

Magnus Hastings

Gigolo

John Surman

Loser

Mark Long

Gangster I

Michail Golzarandi

Gangster II

Karlheinz Ciba

Accusing Punter (as Karl-Heinz Ciba)

Sven Morche

Policeman

Loretta Parnell

Lucy

Simon Fisher-Turner

Ironic Punter (as Simon Fisher Turner)

Mary Coy

Croupier

David Gant

Croupier

Norbert Kleine

Croupier

Lynsey Pinsent

Croupier

Ulrich Vogel

Croupier

Elke Wartmann

Croupier

Did you know?

Trivia

Disqualified from the Academy Awards after being shown on Dutch television.

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The film co-stars Alex Kingston, a decade before she joined the BBC science fiction adventure TV series "Doctor Who" as River Song in 2008.

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Clive Owen, Kate Hardie and many actors who played croupiers were trained by professional croupiers.

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Goofs

When Jack is taken off the roulette table approx 20 minutes in, the roulette wheel is not spinning. Roulette wheels are only stopped when the table is closed, and as there are players at the table the wheel should be moving.

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When Jack is dealing poker at his friends house party, after an elaborate shuffle he offers the cards to be cut to the gentleman on his left, if he were a professional he would know that you cut to the right and deal to the left.

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When Jack has a job interview at the London casino his father recommends him for, the manager (Mr. Reynolds) at one stage asks him the current count at the Blackjack table. Jack insists it is -9, the manager insists it is -8 to which Jack confides smugly to himself "It had taken him 45 minutes but Jack now had Mr. Reynolds number. The man couldn't count." Neither Jack or Mr. Reynolds can count. The count is actually at +2.

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Quotes

Jack: [voiceover] Chapter 13. It's all numbers, the croupier thought. Spin of the wheel, turn of the card, time of your life, date of your birth, year of your death. In the book of Numbers the Lord said, "Thou shall count thy steps."

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Jack: Gambling's not about money... Gambling's about not facing reality, ignoring the odds.

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Lucy: You've been avoiding me.

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Faq

How does it end?

Marion finds the 10,000 down payment Jack was hiding in the kitchen. She overhears Jani's message about the date of the robbery and erases the message.Jack is attacked by a cheating gambler and the robbery is intercepted by the police who were notified by Marion. She comes to see Jack in the hospital. Marion is killed in a hit-and-run accident.Jack's book "I Croupier" comes out anonymously. He doesn't spend any of the money, admitting he's a one-book-writer. He gets a phone call from Yani in South Africa. She getting married with his father, who set the whole thing up. Jack kisses Bella.

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