CinemaOSMovie · 1981 · 1h 23m

The Gin Game

85%(2)IMDbDramaTV Movie

Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident. While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.

Directed byTerry Hughes

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
EN
Released
April 21, 1981
Studios
RKO/Nederlander Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Fonsia Dorsey

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Weller Martin

Creative team
Directed by
Terry Hughes
Terry Hughes
Produced by
Terry Hughes
Terry Hughes

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