Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz. The main actors are Steve Martin, Michael Caine and Glenne Headly.
The Main Story
The title says it all. In this fun-filled gambling movie, two con men, Michael Caine and Steve Martin realise they can’t operate at the same casinos and general territory and therefore decide that one of them will have to leave. They place a bet between themselves that involves robbing an heiress, and whichever one of them wins, they will stay, and the other will leave town.
Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is a long-time resident at a luxurious resort on the Riviera Beaumont-sur-Mer where he enjoys his continuous cons until a competitor arrives, Freddy Benson (Steve Martin). Lawrence is suave and aloof and creates an air of confidence amongst Nebraska’s gullible tourists where they happily believe he is a king in exile. On the flip side of the coin, there is Freddy a scruffy American who works the lower end of the scam ladder, accepting money for his non-existent ailing grandmother.
They meet on a train where Jamieson observes Benson scamming a tourist in what Jamieson refers to as a crude con. It does not please Jamieson as he has a theory that all bad crooks pollute the water for stylish con men like himself. They do a few cons together when finally Jamieson decides he has to get rid of Freddy.
The plot is bizarre and revolves around one con man trying to corner the other in an odd trap with hilarious consequences, and adds light-heartedness to being scammed.
The Ending
In the end, Lawrence discovers that Janet is not actually a soap heiress. It turns out that she had won her vacation and “Soap Queen” title in a sweepstake.
Bay of Angels is a 1963 French film directed by Jacques Demy. Claude Mann ( Jean ) and Jeanne Moreau ( Jacqueline ) are the main actors.
The Main Story
Bay of Angels delves into the minds of gamblers where not only does a romance develop between two people but a deeply rooted romance for a Roulette wheel. The narrative revolves around gambling which also becomes this gambling movies central theme.
Jean, a young bank clerk, becomes addicted to gambling through a co-worker. He decides to vacation in the South of France, where he meets and falls in love with Jacqueline. Jacqueline is a manipulative, selfish, vulgar woman but at the same time somewhat charming and if given a chance would sell her own if it meant she could have another shot at the Roulette table.
On the other hand, Jean is dour and humourless and sometimes resorts to violence when he fears losing Jacqueline’s. Jacqueline was previously married and told Jean this. From the conversation, it is evident she isn’t wife mother or lover material. Instead, her ears and heart are attuned to the shuffling of cards, clinking of chips and the spinning of the Roulette Wheel. She’s wildly in love and obsessed with gambling and will stake everything. In contrast, Jean enjoys the casino but knows when to walk away because unlike Jacqueline, money is not his disease. His love for her is that she will one day embrace him as she does the Roulette ball.
The Ending
Bay of Angels ending is unusual coming as an improbably diamond bow. Jacqueline rebuffs Jean whilst sitting at the Roulette table, and he leaves the casino. She notices that he has left and runs out after him, an ironic turn of events. They embrace and walk away hand in hand, making one believe she had turned her back on gambling for love, a tad unbelievable especially from a woman who felt no remorse when she abandoned her son for gambling.
Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond film produced by Eon Productions, which makes all of the Bond movies. It was directed by Ian Campbell and starred Daniel Craig as the fictional MI16 agent James Bond. This version of Casino Royale is the 2006 version, but a previous version was released in 1967.
The Main Story
Bond is back in this excellent gambling movie Casino Royale which was released in November 2006. In Casino Royale Bond embarks on a mission to prevent a mob banker, Le Chiffre from winning a high stakes poker game.
Daniel Craig is Bond and the famous actress Judy Dench is “M.” In Casino Royale Bond is at the beginning stages of his career as 007 and earning his license to kill. This mission is at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. Here he meets Vesper Lynd, a treasury employee assigned to provide him with the $10 million he needs to enter the high stakes Texas Hold ’em Poker Game.
Initially Bond gains the upper hand during the game deducing Le Chiffre’s “tell”, but the table turns when Le Chiffre gets a tip-off on Bonds tell. The plot unravels with kidnappings, murder and betrayal. All in a day’s work as a British secret Agent with $10 million in stake money to protect.
The Ending
Bond wins the game against Le Chiffre. Vesper gets captured, and Bond goes after her but has an accident and wakes up in the hospital. Bond resigns and plans to leave with Vesper, but she takes the money out of the account.
In the end, Vesper drowns in an elevator while Bond tries to rescue her. One of the baddies, Mr White, escapes with the money. Bond finds him, shoots him in the leg and introduces himself “…. Bond. James Bond.”
