Pleasure Palace

5.8
1980 1 hr 37 min Drama , TV Movie

Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.

  • Cast:
    Omar Sharif , Hope Lange , José Ferrer , J.D. Cannon , Gerald S. O'Loughlin , Victoria Principal , John Fujioka

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Reviews

Curapedi
1980/10/22

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Invaderbank
1980/10/23

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Tobias Burrows
1980/10/24

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Marva
1980/10/25

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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