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California Split
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
1974 · Directed by Robert Altman · 108 min · Comedy · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
…Being the story of two bet-on-anything guys who happily discover something called a "winning streak."
Crew
- Written by: Joseph Walsh
- Cinematography: Paul Lohmann
- Edited by: Lou Lombardo, O. Nicholas Brown
- Produced by: Robert Altman, Joseph Walsh
Cast
- George Segal as Bill Denny
- Elliott Gould as Charlie Waters
- Ann Prentiss as Barbara Miller
- Gwen Welles as Susan Peters
- Edward Walsh as Lew
- Joseph Walsh as Sparkie
- Bert Remsen as Helen Brown
- Barbara London as Lady on the Bus
- Barbara Ruick as Reno Barmaid
- Jay Fletcher as Robber
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Spelling-Goldberg Productions, Persky-Bright Productions, Columbia Pictures, Reno Associates
- Box office: $5,000,000
- Themes: friendship, casino, poker, gambling, fight, gambling debt, roulette, broken nose, stripper, racetrack
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