The Cincinnati Kid
by Norman Jewison
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Actor: Ann-Margret, Edward Robinson, Karl Malden, Rip Torn, Steve Mc QueenDirector: Norman Jewison
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: John Calley
Producer: Martin Ransohoff
Writer: Jr. Ring Lardner
Writer: Terry Southern
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 66986
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Steve McQueen brings his cool fire to the role of the Cincinnati Kid, a small-timer eager to take his chances in high-stakes poker. He gets his chance. Regal, ruthless Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), the elite gambler called the Man, accepts the Kid's challenge. Norman Jewison (In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck) directs this taut exploration of back-room gaming, building suspense with each
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Movie Review: "A Bad Little Girl Named Melba Niles"
Summary: 5 Stars
Poker is the setting and the power of corruption is the theme of The Cincinnati Kid. The two protagonists in the poker match are The Kid (Eric Stoner, played by Steve McQueen) and The Man Himself (Lancey Howard, played by Edward G. Robinson); youthful, exuberant, but inexperienced and naive challenger vs. the accomplished, dedicated, wise yet dessicated champion.
The primary vector of corruption is Melba Niles (played by Ann-Margret) in a remarkable role. At the outset her husband (The Shooter, played by Karl Malden) complains that she cheats at everything as she puts together a jigsaw puzzle by trimming the wrong pieces with manicure scissors. Her influence despoils everything it touches: Shooter's reputation, "one of the few stable things in a world of crumbling values", is established at the start of the movie; he's the only dealer everyone can trust. By the end of the movie his reputation is in tatters, giving "an occasional helpful card" to The Kid at the whim of Slade (Rip Torn) who threatens to expose Melba's past. The portrayal of Shooter's descent is well done; Melba laughs and mocks as he wrestles with his conscience ("I'll only help him if he really needs it. He might not need any help at all.").
In an early scene Christian (The Kid's girl, played by Tuesday Weld) and Melba go to the movies. As Christian later describes the movie to the Kid, she is puzzled that people in the movie "valued their lives more than their honor". The Kid (sounding like a know-it-all) explains it to her: "Well, yeah. What good is honor if you are dead?" At some subtle level the movie "The Cincinnati Kid" seems to ask the obverse question "What good is your life if you don't have your honor?"
Later on Melba asks the Kid (with Christian present) about the upcoming game with Lancey; Christian didn't know about this major event in the Kid's life and she goes home to her parents feeling hurt, thinking that she doesn't have The Kid's confidence, that he doesn't even care enough tell her about it. The Kid ends up thinking that maybe she doesn't love him anymore.
During Christian's absence Melba tries to seduce the Kid, and at first the Kid can resist her, recognizing Melba's corrupting influence and not wanting to cuckold The Shooter. But because of the confluence of circumstances (Shooter's dishonesty and Christian's perceived indifference) he at last succumbs to her. As you might expect, the Kid pays a heavy price for this weakness.
Other attractions are the snappy dialog, and the final showdown between the Kid and the Man is a classic scene not to be missed.
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