Atlantic City (1980)
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Crime , Drama , Romance
Burt Lancaster , Susan Sarandon , Kate Reid , Michel Piccoli , Hollis McLaren , Robert Joy , Al Waxman , Robert Goulet , Moses Znaimer ,
Angus MacInnes , Sean Sullivan , Wallace Shawn , Harvey Atkin , Norma Dell'Agnese , Louis Del Grande
Louis Malle
IMDB 104
1980
Atlantic City is a place where people go to realize their dreams| the promise of the future manifested by the demolition of the old crumbling buildings to be
replaced by new hotels and casinos. Someone who recently came to Atlantic City for that promise is native Moose Javian (Saskatchewan) Sally Matthews| who currently
works as a waitress at a hotel oyster bar| but who is training to be a black jack croupier and wants to be more cultured| such as learning French| in order to work
at the casinos in Monte Carlo. Another dreamer who came to Atlantic City decades ago is Lou Pascal| who has long worked as a numbers runner and who claims to have
been a cellmate and thus implied confidante of Bugsy Siegel. Although Lou still dresses to the standard to which he is accustomed| his
dream long died as he only works penny ante stuff for Fred| most of his current income from being the kept man of widowed recluse| Grace Pinza. Grace too came to
Atlantic City to fulfill her dreams - most ...