Fatal Bet (1989)
Sam Rogers and Crab are gamblers and friends. Forced into a battle with Japanese gangsters, how far will their friendship go? A high stakes card game will settle it all.
- Date of release
- 1989-06-22
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Jimmy Heung Wah-Sing, Dick Cho
Casting
- Mark Arnold — Sam
- James Barnett — Meatball
- Ken Boyle — Mr. Frasanini
- Philip Chan Yan-kin
- Charles Heung — Dragon
- Nancy Cser — Catherine Ashley
- Murray McRae — Crab
- Eddy Ko Hung — Gold Teeth
- Lung Fong — Taro
- Dan Mintz
- Kenzō Ogiwara — Gubon
- Kirk Wong Chi-Keung — Sergeant Telly
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: California
Fatal Bet is a 1989 Hong Kong action drama film written and directed by Jimmy Heung and Kin-Nam Cho. It belonged to the early part of the 1989-1996 period, a period when gambling-themed films were dominating the Hong Kong movie scene.
Production
Fatal Bet is based on the same true story as Heung's film Casino Raiders and has virtually the same plot. Heung decided to use a budget of HK$8,750,000 to direct two versions of the story, one in Cantonese and one in English for international audiences. Many of the minor characters are played by the same actors, including extras.
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