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Las Vegas chorus girl Fran Walker (Elizabeth Taylor) is sick and tired of being the other woman in the life of businessman Thomas Lockwood (Charles Braswell). So Fran starts a dalliance with piano...
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Jan 21, 1970 · While waiting in vain for her married lover to get a divorce, Fran Walker (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), a lonely chorus girl approaching middle age, falls for Joe Grady (Warren Beatty), a frustrated musician and compulsive gambler who dreams of escaping Las Vegas for fame and fortune in New York City. — alfiehitchie.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- George Stevens
- 1970-01-21
In "The Only Game in Town," two very good-looking actors try their hand at a challenging duo-character piece. It is said that "one-take" Frank Sinatra declined the role because he felt it might clash with Stevens' perfectionistic "multiple-take" approach.
Jul 14, 2013 · A classic case of life imitating art, The Only Game in Town reflects the withering fortunes of its two loser lovers against a wholly fabricated background of manipulated earning power and empty promises of financial reward.
Twilight Time has released Fox's 1970 box-office disaster The Only Game in Town as a Blu-ray limited edition (3,000 units). The film is primarily remembered for reasons its creators would never have desired.
The Only Game in Town is a 1970 American romantic comedy-drama film, the last directed by George Stevens. It stars Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. The screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy is based on his play of the same name which had a brief run on Broadway in 1968.
Set in Vegas, shot in Paris, yet it takes place almost entirely in a boxy apartment. Even though they were only a few years apart in real life, Liz Taylor and Warren Beatty are so anachronistic together it feels like a time-travel movie where nobody's impressed by modern conveniences.
