The Winner (1996) (original) (raw)

Vincent D'Onofrio stars as Philip, a soft-spoken, rather dimwitted young man who stumbles into an incredible lucky streak in Las Vegas. Every Sunday, he enters the same casino, wins some money, and goes home. While Philip himself is pretty nonchalant about his lucky streak, it earns him the attention of a lot of unsavory characters. Louise, a tacky nightclub singer, and her impotent hitman boyfriend, Jack, plan to get Philip to fall in love with Louise and offer her a fortune to pay off her debt to the sinister, seemingly omnipotent Kingman, the casino owner who employs Jack. A small-time ...(more)

Vincent D'Onofrio stars as Philip, a soft-spoken, rather dimwitted young man who stumbles into an incredible lucky streak in Las Vegas. Every Sunday, he enters the same casino, wins some money, and goes home. While Philip himself is pretty nonchalant about his lucky streak, it earns him the attention of a lot of unsavory characters. Louise, a tacky nightclub singer, and her impotent hitman boyfriend, Jack, plan to get Philip to fall in love with Louise and offer her a fortune to pay off her debt to the sinister, seemingly omnipotent Kingman, the casino owner who employs Jack. A small-time hood, Joey and his motley crew plan to rip Philip off, but their plans are complicated when the antic, impulsively violent Joey begins to feel a strange attraction to his would-be prey. Wolf, Philip's thuggish brother (and Louise's former lover) arrives in town, practically guaranteeing some kind of violent showdown. (less)

Director: Alex Cox
Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Edson, Saverio Guerra, Delroy Lindo, Michael Madsen
Composer: Daniel Licht

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