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Croupier is a 1998 British thriller film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Clive Owen. The film attracted a strong critical following in North America and helped to launch Owen's acting career there. It uses interior monologues in the style of many early noir detective films.
Jul 28, 2000 · Croupier: Directed by Mike Hodges. With Clive Owen, Nick Reding, Nicholas Ball, Alexander Morton. An aspiring writer is hired as a croupier at a casino, where he realizes that his life as a croupier would make a great novel.
Mar 25, 2021 · Marion’s ending marks the end of the novel, and Jack publishes it anonymously. We can imagine that Jake’s story in the novel ends on a conclusive note – he gets away with the money and meets a new girl, ready to further explore the labyrinths of life. Jack is the author of his narrative, it seems.
Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born...
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Apr 21, 2000 · Croupier. You have to make a choice in life: Be a gambler or a croupier. So believes Jack Manfred, the hero of "Croupier," whose casino job places him halfway between the bosses and the bettors, so he can keep an eye on both. He is a cold, controlled man, at pains to tell us, "I do not gamble."
Jack Manfred is a struggling novelist in London. To make ends meet, he sells his beloved car and, through connections through his South African father, gets a job as a croupier at the Golden Lion Casino, a second tier casino in London. Jack had previous training as such back in South Africa.
