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Kenny Rogers vs. Butch Cassidy in a 3-hour TV western fever dream you didn't know existed.
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The Gambler: Playing for Keeps (1994)

dad-energy heroics1990s TV maximalismhistorical fanfiction

Overview

TV MovieWestern

Brady Hawkes has to run to his son's rescue once again in this continuation of the Gambler stories. Jeremiah is now a young man who has become involved with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Brady pursues the gang in order to get Jeremiah out of the gang before he gets in too much trouble with the law.

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Kenny Rogers committing harder than the script deserves.

Production

Genuinely ambitious scope for 1994 network television.

Costume

Mariska Hargitay's Etta Place serving western glam.

Best for:Solo: When you're deep in a Kenny Rogers rabbit hole at 2am.·Background: Fold laundry to 182 minutes of cowboy dad drama.·Friends: Irony-forward viewing with fellow TV movie archaeologists.
Jack Bender

Director

Jack Bender

ReleasedOct 2, 1994
Runtime3h 2m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium

Top Cast

Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers

Brady Hawkes

Scott Paulin

Scott Paulin

Butch Cassidy

Brett Cullen

Brett Cullen

Sundance Kid

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Etta Place

Kris Kamm

Kris Kamm

Jeremiah Hawkes

Cathy Worthington

Cathy Worthington

Temperance Woman #2

Dixie Carter

Dixie Carter

Lillie Langtry

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Trivia

This was the fourth of five Gambler films; Kenny Rogers played Brady Hawkes from 1980 to 1994, making it one of the longest-running actor-character partnerships in TV movie history.

Cultural

The real Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid died in Bolivia in 1908, but 1990s television couldn't resist one more ride—this film is essentially elegiac fanfiction for America's favorite doomed outlaws.

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The Gambler: Playing for Keeps

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