The Big Town is a 1987 film drama about a young man who comes to the big city to work as a professional gambler, in the process becoming romantically involved with two women -- one of whom is already married. The film was directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker and it stars Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Main cast

Actor	Role
Matt Dillon	J. C. Cullen
Diane Lane	Lorry Dane
Tommy Lee Jones	George Cole
Bruce Dern	Mr. Edwards
Lee Grant	Ferguson Edwards
Tom Skerritt	Phil Carpenter
Suzy Amis	Aggie Donaldson
David Marshall Grant	Sonny Binkley
Don Francks	Carl Hooker
Del Close	Deacon Daniels
Cherry Jones	Ginger McDonald
David James Elliott	Cool Guy (as David Elliott)

Plot

In 1957, J. C. Cullen is a small-town crapshooter who heads to Chicago, Illinois to seek his fortune. There he becomes the pawn of two high-rolling professional gamblers, Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. He later gets mixed-up in a revenge scheme cooked up by Lorry Dane, the embittered stripper wife of strip-joint owner George Cole. Before he knows what's happened, Cullen is embroiled in two torrid romances, one with Dane and the other with nice girl Aggie Donaldson; he also nearly loses his life by ending up in the middle of a deadly feud between Edwards and Cole.