01 Sep 2000
Snatch
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
King of Gamblers
SUCKER MONEY MADE HIM RICH!
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyone who gets in his way.
Top Billed Cast
Akim Tamiroff Steve Kalkas
Claire Trevor Dixie Moore
Lloyd Nolan Jim Adams
Barlowe Borland Mr. Parker
Helen Burgess Jackie Nolan
Buster Crabbe Eddie
Porter Hall George Kramer
Harvey Stephens J.G. Temple
Paul Fix Charlie
Colin Tapley Joe
Cecil Cunningham Big Edna
Evelyn Brent Cora
Robert Gleckler Ed Murkil
Fay Holden Nurse
Purnell Pratt Strohm
Nick Lukats Taxi Driver
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