Fever Pitch (1985)
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Writer-director Richard Brooks' final film features a weak script and poor acting but high energy direction in a tale of compulsive gambling in Las Vegas. Ryan O'Neal stars as Taggart, a sports reporter obsessed with gambling. As Taggart gets deeper and deeper into debt, he compounds his problems with assorted loansharks and gambling operators. Taggart has already lost his wife because of his compulsive gambling, but he takes up with big-timer Charley (Giancarlo Giannini), hoping to make a killing and settle the score. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ryan O'Neal, Catherine Hicks, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Brooks
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
Synopsis of Fever Pitch
Writer-director Richard Brooks' final film features a weak script and poor acting but high energy direction in a tale of compulsive gambling in Las Vegas. Ryan O'Neal stars as Taggart, a sports reporter obsessed with gambling. As Taggart gets deeper and deeper into debt, he compounds his problems with assorted loansharks and gambling operators. Taggart has already lost his wife because of his compulsive gambling, but he takes up with big-timer Charley (Giancarlo Giannini), hoping to make a killing and settle the score. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Fever Pitch
- Ryan O'Neal - Taggart
- Giancarlo Giannini - Charley
- John Saxon - Sports editor
- William Smith - Panama Hat
- Bridgette Andersen - Amy
- Tony March - Bodyguard
- Pearl Shear - Mrs. Applebaum
- Timothy Scott
- William Prince - Mitchell
- Cherie Michan - Rose O'Sharon
- Len Miller - Working Press
- Tim Liotta - Working Press
- Carol Crotta - Working Press
- Steven Clow - Working Press
- Stu Black - Bodyguard
- Patrick Cassidy - Soldier
- Scott A. Zamost - Working Press
- Rich Tosches - Working Press
- Diane Shah - Working Press
- Sid Sakowicz - Poker Player
- Fred Robledo - Working Press
- Kevin Modesti - Working Press
- D.P. Bentley - High Roller
- Mary Asta - Hitchhiker
- Mel Albert - Working Press
- Mark Mitchell
- Selma Archerd - Sister Theresa
- Rafael Campos - Rafael
- Lonny Chin - Miss Casablanca
- Catherine Hicks - Flo
- Chad Everett - Dutchman
- Hank Greenspun - Las Vegas Sun Publisher
- Keith Hefner - Sweeney
- Bobby Jacoby - Gam-A-Teen Boy
- Heidi Sorenson - Airport Attendant
- Johnny Sekka - Chocolate
- Tom Schanley - Scanlon
- Gary Pagett
- Chad McQueen - Prisoner
- Robert Lutz - Working Press
- Bob Keisser - Working Press
- Rita Cox - Working Press
- Alan Buchdahl - Track Announcer
- John Kirby - Bet-Taker
- Joseph E. Bernard - Bernstein
- Bill Willard - Casino Guard
- Jimmie Spades - Security
- William Schorr - Working Press
- Leonard Sacks - Bet-Taker
- Jim Murray - Working Press
- Bud Beyrooty - Working Press
- Benita Bellamy - Exotic Dancer
- Jose Aldana - Working Press
- Jeff Silverman - Working Press
- Allan Malamud - Reporter
- Timothy Blake - Babs
- Bill Caplan - Poker Player
- Steve Danton - Towel Boy
- Director(s):
- Richard Brooks
- Writer(s):
- Richard Brooks
- Producer(s):
- Freddie Fields
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Brief Nudity, Violence, Profanity, Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Nudity)
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