by Mgm/Turner Movie Classics
Sales Rank: 7001
Price: $19.98
The Cincinnati Kid is the BEST poker movie made!! Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Ann-Margret were great in this film but Edward G Robinson steals the show as Lancey Howard. For the young folk this movie was how professional poker was played in the back rooms and alleys. <br /> <br />Every poker fan should take his or her copy of "Rounders" and toss it in the back of your DVD collection and get a copy of "The Cincinnati Kid"
Viewer Reviews This thing could have been as great as Robert Rossen's The Hustler, instead what we get is a second-rate flick by a second-rate director.
They screwed up big time when they let the original helmer go, namely Sam Peckinpah, and hired a guy like Norman Jewison, who wasn't even good enough to shine Bloody Sam's shoes.
