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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
If someone would help me with this one from very long ago:
James Caan plays a seriously degenerate sports gambler. All I specifically remember is near the end when he is sitting in the stands at a basketball game, he has bet his life on it, probably will be killed by goons if he doesn't win to pay up. The ball goes up, the buzzer sounds, and the camera is fixed on Caan's face. He loses the bet.
In about the next 15 seconds his facial expression goes from excruciating expectation, to the agony of defeat, to exquisite, tight-lipped, jaw crunching satisfaction at having put his life on this gamble. I mean, he LOSES BIG but still gets this rush. I thought it was an astounding performance by Caan in that one scene.
I'm thinking was called "The Gambler", but not certain.
Yes, it was "The Gambler". He got one of his students who was on the basketball team to shave points.
I can also remember the scene where he doubled down on 18 and won.
