Poker Alice

May 21, 1987

1h 32m

★ 6.3

The Wild West is about to get wilder!

Overview

She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.

Genres

Western

Romance

TV Movie

Production Companies

Harvey Matofsky Entertainment

New World Television

Poker Alice Trailers

Cast

Alice Moffit

Elizabeth Taylor

Jeremy Collins

Tom Skerritt

Cousin John Moffit

George Hamilton

Sears

Richard Mulligan

Amos

David Wayne

Mad Mary

Susan Tyrrell

McCarthy

Pat Corley

Baker

Paul Drake

Miss Tuttwiler

Annabella Price

Baby Doe

Mews Small

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