The dust collector

Movie
German title	The dust collector
Original title	The Baltimore Bullet
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1980
length	103 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Robert Ellis Miller
script	John Brascia Robert Vincent O'Neill
production	John Brascia
music	Johnny Almond
camera	James Crabe
cut	Jerry Brady
occupation
James Coburn : Nick Casey Omar Sharif : The deacon Bruce Boxleitner : Billie Joe Ronee Blakley : Carolina Red Jack O'Halloran : Max Calvin Lockhart : Snow White Michael Lerner : Paulie Paul Barselou : Cosmo Cisse Cameron : Sugar Robert Acey : taxi driver John Alderman : Bookie Ed Bakey : Skinney Arell Blanton : Fireman

The Abstauber (alternative title: The Man from Baltimore ) is an American comedy directed by Robert Ellis Miller from 1980 .

action

The Pool -As Nick Casey, nicknamed "Baltimore Bullet" is a legendary player who has his best days already behind. He lives hand to mouth with his buddy Billie Joe. He plays successfully and thus finances his living. Billie, who is also an excellent player, also lives from gambling, but regularly gambled away large amounts of money at poker.

When the professional player "The Deacon" is released from prison, Casey has one goal: to compete against the deacon. This one is extremely rich and regularly plays against challengers, the odds being around 1:10. He usually wins because he has better nerves than the challengers. Casey and Billie try to win a minimum bet of 20,000, which they finally succeed. Until then, you will always find yourself in dangerous situations. After a pool tournament, Casey finally meets the deacon and plays for over $ 200,000.

background

• Famous players like Lou Butera , Willie Mosconi , Steve Mizerak , Mike Sigel and Jimmy Mataya have cameo appearances in the feature film .
• As in Haie der Großstadt and The Wanderers, there is a scene in which a professional gamer tries to take out amateurs, which puts him in dire straits.
• The players mostly play the version of 14 and 1 endlessly .

criticism

The lexicon of international films describes the film as "sometimes a bit crude, but generally entertaining comedy"

Web links

• The tap- inInternet Movie Database(English)
• The dust-off in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article in the film dictionary
2. ↑ The dusting. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .