Based on the Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Gambler, this is a movie of gambling, confidence men, dirty tricks, twists and so many turns.

Director Ron Winston mostly worked in TV, directing episodes of Branded, Hawaii Five-O and McMillan & Wife. There’s a fun cast, including Richard Ng as martial artist Koboyashi, Don Gordon as the protagonist Rooney and Suzy Kendall as the love interest Candace. Oh yeah and Stuart Margolin from The Rockford Files.

It nearly feels like a TV movie and that’s not a bad thing. It also feels vaguely Italian — Massimo Serato from Autopsy and Faith Domergue from Perversion Story are in it — but it’s an American/Yugoslavian production.

I mean, you can do worse than watch a movie with Suzy Kendall in it.

The VCI blu ray of this movie has  audio commentary by writer/podcaster Rob Kelly. You can get it from MVD.