Poker Alice (film) explained

Director:Arthur Allan Seidelman
Music:Billy Goldenberg
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Harvey Matofsky
Producer:Renée Valente
Editor:Millie Moore
Cinematography:Hanania Baer
Runtime:92 minutes
Network:CBS

Poker Alice is a 1987 American romantic Western television film directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman, written by James Lee Barrett, and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Skerritt and George Hamilton. The film was shot on location in Old Tucson, Arizona.

Plot

Alice Moffit, a professional gambler, comes to 1880s Arizona to attempt to beat anyone she can find at her favorite game, poker: that is why she is called 'Poker Alice'. Along the way, she wins a hand and also wins a brothel wherein the allure of sex and money are tempting. Interested in staying a gambler, she must find a way to leave being a madam and decide whether she will choose as her fiancé her cousin John or the local sheriff.

Cast

Production

The film is loosely based on the life of Poker Alice Ivers but is fictionalized to the point that even the character's last name was changed for the movie.