Best Gambler In A Movie

Its obvious...

Quote: EvenBob

Its obvious...

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!
[a croupier hands Renault a pile of money]
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Captain Renault: [sotto voce] Oh, thank you very much.
[aloud]
Captain Renault: Everybody out at once!

Quote: Nareed

James Bond in like every Bond movie?

Agree. Easily the best gambler of all time. Never had a losing session as far as I'm aware.

A girl from down under once offered to post me a view. I declined and much to my regret found she had offered to mail me a picture of her. A male co-worker pf hers told me she was as pretty as her name " Angel" Sigh, why can't you Aussies speak proper English LOL G'day mate

Quote: Aussie

Agree. Easily the best gambler of all time. Never had a losing session as far as I'm aware.

Even a better golfer than Tiger Woods too !!

James Bond: [discovers Goldfinger cheating at golf] You play a Slazinger 1, don't you?
Auric Goldfinger: Yes, why?
James Bond: This is a Slazinger 7.
[indicating his own golf ball]
James Bond: Here's my Penfold Hearts. You must have played the wrong ball somewhere on the 18th fairway. We are playing strict rules, so I'm afraid you lose the hole and the match.
[Goldfinger throws the golf ball to the ground in disgust]

I find that table layout interesting in the Casablanca photo. The single zero and 1-36 look standard. My French is terrible, but I assume "pair" and "impair" are even and odd. The diamond to the right and one out of view at the bottom are probably red and black. What are the blocks closer to the wheel? I'm guessing high and low, and I think that under the chips I can see part of the letters for "Major". But what about dozens?

Is the man to the lower left a player? If so, has anyone played on a roulette table where players sit opposite each other across the layout? It appears that players (even if it's just those on the far side who are players) must reach all the way across the layout to place some wagers.

Was this a common layout for roulette in the late 30's? The only roulette I have seen in Africa did not have this kind of layout, so I don't think it is a regional thing, though I did not look for a casino the only time I was in Casablanca.

Quote: buzzpaff

Even a better golfer than Tiger Woods too !!

Yeah, not only golfer, gambler, but driver, marksman, escape artist, skier, self-defense or martial arts, wine and liquor connoisseur, lover... I'm sure I'm forgetting several things. He's probably an expert on taking a crap even.

On the other hand, he was terrible at keeping his numerous lady friends alive. And I wouldn't trust him with any of my stuff because he often ends up destroying a small fortune in expensive items.

How do you tell if James Bond has borrowed your car?

All your tires are bald, the doors are missing and it's now a convertible. It probably still runs though, but just barely.

Pussy Galore: [pointing a gun at Bond, who has just emerged from the airplane lavatory] We'll be landing in twenty minutes. Do you want to play it easy, or the hard way? And this isn't a tranquilizer gun.
James Bond: Now, Pussy, you know a lot more about planes than guns. That's a Smith and Wesson 45, and if you fire at me at this close range, the bullet will pass through me and the fuselage like a blowtorch through butter. The cabin will depressurize, and we'll both be sucked into outer space together. If that's how you want to enter the United States, you're welcome. As for me, I prefer the easy way.
Pussy Galore: That's very sensible.
James Bond: Besides, there's always so much going on around Mr. Goldfinger. It would be a shame not to accept his hospitality.
Pussy Galore: I'm sure he'll be happy to see you, too.
[touches the gun barrel to his chin]
Pussy Galore: You like close shaves, don't you?

Nobody will ever beat Sean Connery for coolness as Bond. Daniel Craig is good, but at 5'8" he's too damn short, some of the women are taller than he is. In the books, Bond is 6'1", and all the actors that played him have been tall. I was in High School as the Bond books came out they were almost banned, I loved the hell out of them.

Egads. I don't remember the actors or title or anything.
Los Angeles resident with very active account with his bookie bet big on several sports games, was in Vegas and heard the half time scores there that made him think he was a shoe-in to win all three, he unknowingly lost all the bets and didn't settle up with his bookie. Bookie showed up at his home with some muscle discreetly in the background but nothing was done ... after narrowly escaping a violent confrontation, cabbie drives him to a black neighborhood where he selects at random a pimp in a bar and goads him into a knife fight the pimp becoming panic stricken when he realizes the white man spoiling for a fight is crazy and is gambling his life just for the thrill of it.