The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)

The Gambler Returns, The Luck of the Draw (1991) DVD coverGambling is about to be banned in the U.S., but one last high-stakes poker game is being organized in San Francisco.

In that match, famous gambler Brady Hawkes (Kenny Rogers) desires to advocate for former brothel owner Burgundy Jones (Reba McEntire) and four additional affluent ladies.

Each of the remaining ladies is accompanied by her personally selected card player, provided that Hawkes can emerge victorious in a preliminary competition; they are even prepared to wager the substantial sum of $100,000.

Hawkes dominates, naturally, and sets off for San Francisco, accompanied by Burgundy and longtime companion Ethan Cassidy (Rick Rossovich).

Cassidy is fleeing from Ruby Roy Bean, the offspring of the notorious magistrate who condemned individuals to capital punishment, and a lady resolved to wed him.

Hawkes and Burgundy are encountering more substantial problems. A gang of bandits, led by Cade Dalton, is chasing after the funds they are transporting.

So, Cantrell Lute, a gambler named Christopher Rich, is one of the poor losers in the preliminary round of poker players.

Close down the final card game, a temperance leader wielding an axe and resolved to confront Melody O’Rourke (played by Park Overall), Hawkes and his team will need to head to San Francisco if they want to escape.

Review:.

This receives one star for its amusement worth and one for its inquisitiveness worth.

David Carradine portrays Caine, Gene Barry plays the role of Bat Masterson, Chuck Connors stars as Lucas McCain, Clint Walker is known as Cheyenne, and Hugh O’Brian takes on the character of Wyatt Earp. It’s worth mentioning that this cast is definitely worth checking out if you’re curious.

It also features Brian Keith, James Drury, Linda Evans, Claude Akins, Johnny Crawford, Doug McClure, and Mickey Rooney.

Fans of Reba’s popular TV show “Reba” (2001-2007) will definitely recognize Rich. He portrayed her former spouse in the series.

However, if the filmmakers had been much more focused and less rambling in their plot, this original and suspenseful TV Western would have served them better by rounding up stars from the 1960s and 1970s.

Juliana Donald and Park Overall, respectively, portray the temperance leader and the daughter of the judge who is eager to find a husband. Reba impressively takes down a group of Mexican soldiers using a Gatling gun. What are your thoughts on the level of originality in this scene?

Brady is willing to support table stakes of up to $20,000, even though she cannot afford it at the moment. She runs an orphanage for children who are victims of prostitution, and she is in debt to the bank. Brady needs to win the poker game to pay off her debts. Shall we go and see Reba? This is the plot.

Going where you knew you were, to obtain time, it takes a long time to find the right words, among others. When you start watching the two-part miniseries, you will suspect what time it was, and you will suspect it until the film ends. There is virtually no suspense.

Directed by: Dick Lowry.

Kenny Rogers starred alongside a talented cast, including Brady Hawkes, Rick Rossovich, Ethan Cassidy, Reb McEntire, Burgundy Jones, Christopher Rich, Lute Cantrell, Jere Burns, Cade Dalton, Claude Akins, President Roosevelt, Gene Barry, Bat Masterson, David Carradine, Caine, Chuck Connors, Lucas McCain, Johnny Crawford, Mark McCain, James Drury, Jim Doug McClure, Doug, Linda Evans, Kate Muldoon, Brian Keith, The Westerner, Hugh O’Brian, Wyatt Earp, Jack Kelly, Bart Maverick, Dion Anderson, Diamond Jim Brady, Mickey Rooney, The Director, Clint Walker, Cheyenne Park, Overall, Melody O’Rourke, Patrick Macnee, Sir Colin Brad Sullivan, and Judge Roy Bean, played by Juliana Donald and Ruby Roy Bean.

Duration: 186 minutes.

Memorable lines:.

Ethan Cassidy, I bid you farewell as a friend, and then we shall proceed to the gallows where you will meet your demise, Bean Roy Judge. “In this world, we have no better friend than you, Judge, as we both know,” says Jones Burgundy.

“I am uncertain that warts is the manner in which I desire to be remembered,” expressed Wyatt Earp. “Presently, my publisher desires the truths regarding the myth — the authentic Wyatt Earp, flaws and everything, marshal,” the author declared. “Those inexpensive novels that merely idealize their protagonists are a relic of history, Mr. Earp.”

“I wouldn’t offer you the perspiration from my horse’s posterior.” Cade Dalton: “I’ve been acquainted with this individual of low worth my entire existence, Burgunday Jones.”

Ruby Roy exclaimed, “Oh, it was dreadful. He was so tiny. And then I discovered a jockey in my bed. You see, initially he (Ethan Cassidy) had to compete in a horse race. It wasn’t even precisely a wedding night.”

Gather him together, I must, and Ethan removed his harness. He is now under your control, place a saddle on him, confine him in a pen, when you come across a man, you know, my father Judge Bean always utters, Ruby Roy.

I wish I could get rid of Jim Diamond and settle down in a big valley, build a little house on the prairie surrounded by high chaparral. That would be a real bonanza for me.