The Gin Game (1981)
The Gin Game (1981)
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.

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Cast

Jessica Tandy Jessica Tandy As: Fonsia Dorsey
Hume Cronyn Hume Cronyn As: Weller Martin
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Storyline

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.


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Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Language: English

Release Date: 21 April 1981

Country: US

Runtime: 83m

Company Credits

Company: RKO/Nederlander Productions

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Cast

Jessica Tandy

Jessica Tandy

Fonsia Dorsey

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Weller Martin

Directed By

Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes

Director

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

Stage Director

Writing Credits

D.L. Coburn

D.L. Coburn

Theatre Play

Production Crew

Ellen Krass

Ellen Krass

Executive Producer

Terry Hughes

Terry Hughes

Producer

Archer King

Archer King

Executive Producer

Robert Dale Martin

Robert Dale Martin

Executive Producer

Edited By

Not currently known.

Costume and Makeup

Bill Walker

Bill Walker

Costume Design

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Not currently known.

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

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Other Crew

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