Great Scenes from the Movies #7

I'm not really much of a poker player, but I always liked this scene from The Cincinnati Kid (1965). Steve McQueen really came into his own as an actor around this time

McQueen is one of those guys who progressed from awful to artistic through the course of his career. (Don't believe me? Go watch his TV series, Wanted Dead or Alive.)

It works the other way around for many--remember young Bobby De Niro--who start out as high-spirited method actors before lapsing into mere movie functionaries.

Of course, McQueen died at 50, so perhaps he never had a chance to grow lazy.


TS