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High Stakes

1989, Movie, R, 102 mins

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HIGH STAKES is built on three well-worn plot devices: the whore with a heart of gold; Scrooge sees the light; and boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. Oddly enough, writer-producer-director Amos Kollek makes the combination work reasonably well. Bambi Rose (Sally Kirkland) is a sexy, albeit aging, New York prostitute who is at the mercy of Slim (Richard Lynch), a vicious racketeer pimp. John Stratton (Robert LuPone) is the unprincipled Wall Street financier whose f... read more leave a comment
Year: 1989
Rated R

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Cast
Sally Kirkland: Melanie "Bambi" Rose
Robert LuPone: John Stratton
Richard Lynch: Slim
Sarah Gellar: Karen
Kathy Bates: Jill
W.T. Martin: Bob

 

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