The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Norman Jewison
Written By: Ring Lardner Jr., Terry Southern, Richard Jessup
Starring: Rip Torn, Joan Blondell, Dub Taylor, Edward G. Robinson, Jeff Corey, Karl Malden, Ann-Margret, Burt Mustin, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Cab Calloway, Jack Weston
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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The Cincinnati Kid belongs to 11 collections
1. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
2. Films available in HD (collaborative: moderated by kubricksucks - 13 stars)
3. TimeOut's 1000 films to change your life (collaborative: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
4. David Thomson's 1000 Films (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 7 stars)
5. Jazz (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 6 stars)
6. List: Taschen (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
7. Gambling (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
8. Canadian director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
9. Movies I Must See (public: gagknee - 1 star)
10. Available on Divicast (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx)
11. Peliculas que tengo (public: escarta)
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Moribunny | 80 91st |
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Sometimes the music is needlessly bombastic, and sometimes the ladies aspect of the plot gets a bit corny, but those are minor quibbles. I loved the movie, it's very well made, extremely well cast, and its seemingly offhand resolution is profoundly wise and thoroughly calculated.
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PeaceAnarchy | 71 29th |
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A very nice, solidly made movie without major flaws, but it feels a bit dated and nothing really stands out. It plays out pretty much how you'd expect and while it's well paced and interesting it never fully engaged me.
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Paxton | 75 78th |
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McQueen is the poker stud, because...well, they play stud poker...and see, he himself...is a stud...oofta...moving on. McQueen is 35 as he plays "Kid," Rip Torn looks ridiculously young for himself and Tuesday Weld genuinely is young at only 22. Possibly my favorite Edward G. Robinson performance although The Woman in the Window might object.
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Mohko | 70 61st |
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Legendary poker movie that hasn't aged so well. Focuses too much on the love story and has some unintentionally funny scenes. Also Cincinnati Kid is kinda of a dick so you don't really care about him.
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tonydal | 70 40th |
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Wow, three generations of legendary movie wenches! Plus Edward G Robinson vs Steve McQueen. Still, turns out that watching poker is not that much fun.
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Red_Falcon_ | 66 29th |
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The story is weak to say the least and any tension or sense of conflict is poorly done.I watched this mostly to see Edward G. Robinson and Steve McQueen in the same film.However there's no real conflict between the two to make there scenes together all that interesting.
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| 1 | xacviant | 81 55th |
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The titular Kid (Steve McQueen) goes to New Orleans to face off against a debonair veteran (Edward G. Robinson) in a high-stakes poker game, around which many shady characters and schemes swirl. Boasts grade-A cast (Karl Malden, Joan Blondell, Ann-Margret, Tuesday Weld, Rip Torn, Joan Blondell, and Cab Calloway also appear) and superior period flavor, but somehow never quite reaches greatness, possibly due to the writing; still, a stylish entertainment and very much worth seeing.
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JSchlansky | 80 77th |
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This is one abrupt ending that works wonderfully precisely because of its abruptness.
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| Average Percentile 59.07% from 372 Ratings |  |