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Fever Pitch (1985)
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Synopsis
Writer-director
Richard Brooks
' final film features a weak script and poor acting but high energy direction in a tale of compulsive gambling in Las Vegas.
Ryan O'Neal
stars as Taggart, a sports reporter obsessed with gambling. As Taggart gets deeper and deeper into debt, he compounds his problems with assorted loansharks and gambling operators. Taggart has already lost his wife because of his compulsive gambling, but he takes up with big-timer Charley (
Giancarlo Giannini
), hoping to make a killing and settle the score. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Cast
Chad Everett
Dutchman
Hank Greenspun
Las Vegas Sun Publisher
Keith Hefner
Sweeney
Catherine Hicks
Flo
Ryan O'Neal
Taggart
William Smith
Panama Hat
Giancarlo Giannini
Charley
John Saxon
Sports editor
Production Crew
William A. Fraker
Cinematographer
Quincy Jones
Composer (Music Score)
Thomas Dolby
Composer (Music Score)
Aggie Lyon
Costume Designer
Michael W. Hoffman
Costume Designer
Richard Brooks
Director
Jeff Jones
Editor
Nick Pagliaro
Makeup
Freddie Fields
Producer
Raymond G. Storey
Production Designer
Richard Brooks
Screenwriter
Jim Teegarden
Set Designer
Year: 1985
Runtime: 95
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Color type
Metrocolor
Produced by
MGM
United Artists
Release
by United Artists
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