The Great Sinner

Interesting anti-gaming treatise could have tightened its narrative a little more, as most of the narrative threads introduced in the first half hour are abruptly dropped to depict Peck's descent, but the scourge of addiction is well played and well-performed by all - interesting to contrast Morgan's performance as a hopeless case at the end of his tether, with his work as a more cocksure character in the similar ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY from the same year. Terrific supporting cast definitely helps.

Em honra do centenário de Ava Gardner. Bem melhor do que eu esperava, de certo modo ele preserva os temas de Dostoievski fazendo algo bem diferente do que ele escrevera em O Jogador. A melhor coisa do livro era a avó que está praticamente ausente aqui, mas há elementos como o misticismo cristão, a culpa e a febre do jogar. Mas tudo com aquele verniz hollywoodiano, né. No Noodle Magazine ( https://noodlemagazine.com/watch/292402378_456239398 )

Decent moralistic anti-gambling tale with Peck and Gardner, but perhaps a bit too unsubtle and on point. Anyone who places a bet here turns into a frothing at the mouth total gambling addict. Passes the time but not memorable.

Dark, star-studded and dull, as we go into the addicted mind of a gambler. Not a sympathetic face in the entire thing, and the depressing nature of it takes completely over. And that's a attraction in itself.