Top Billed Cast

Steve McQueen
Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")
Edward G. Robinson
Lancey Howard
Ann-Margret
Melba Nile
Karl Malden
Shooter
Tuesday Weld
Christian Rudd
Joan Blondell
Lady Fingers
Rip Torn
William Jefferson Slade
Jack Weston
Pig
Cab Calloway
Yeller
Jeff Corey
Hoban
Theo Marcuse
Felix
Milton Selzer
Sokal
Karl Swenson
Mr. Rudd
Émile Genest
Cajun
Ron Soble
Danny
Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Rudd
Midge Ware
Mrs. Slade
Dub Taylor
Dealer
Andy Albin
Referee (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
John Barton
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
James J. Casino
Poker Player (uncredited)
William Challee
Old Man (uncredited)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Mimi Dillard
Slade's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Robert DoQui
Philly (uncredited)
Larry Duran
Gambler (uncredited)
Daniel Elam
Waiter (uncredited)
George Ford
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Sig Frohlich
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Wesley Gale
Waiter (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
George Golden
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Ken Grant
Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Michael Greene
Hustler (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
Claude Hall
Gambler (uncredited)
Virginia Harrison
Employee (uncredited)
John Hart
Poker Player (uncredited)
Harry Hines
Old Man (uncredited)
George Holmes
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
Breena Howard
Cajun's Woman (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Gambler (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
John Marlin
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gregg Martell
Danny's Henchman (uncredited)
Pat McCaffrie
Poker Player (uncredited)
Sandy McPeak
Poker Player (uncredited)
Mike Morelli
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Sol Murgi
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Man (uncredited)
Barry O'Hara
Eddie (uncredited)
Brett Pearson
Gambler (uncredited)
Joyce Perry
Mrs. Hoban (uncredited)
Paul Ravel
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Olan Soule
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Gambler (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Bettor (uncredited)
Paul Verdier
Second Bettor (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Old Man (uncredited)
Howard Wendell
Charlie (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Spectator at Cockfight (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
Poker Player (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Poker Player (uncredited)

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Oct 04 2015

People will sit down at the table with you, just so they can say they played with The Man Blah blah blah is the feelings I get when I see comments about this being McQueen's answer to The Hustler, the Newman film is firmly ensconced in the hall of classics and rightly so, but this is a different animal that stands up on its own two feet as a great film regardless of comparisons of leading men or films they respectively delivered. "It's a pleasure to meet someone who understands that to the true gambler, money is never an end in itself, it's simply a tool, as a language is to thought" S...