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California Split (1974)

California Split poster
Directed by
Robert Altman
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 141 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two gamblers meet in a poker parlor and go on a road trip of betting and hustling. The film follows their friendship and their lives spent chasing the next game.

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What happens

California Split is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman and starring Elliott Gould and George Segal as a pair of gamblers. It was the first non-Cinerama film to use eight-track stereo sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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