Movies and TvShows featuring "breaking-the-bank" theme.

A young man moves to Chicago and becomes embroiled in the dangerous underworld of gambling and adultery.

In this drama film, a repentant sinner finds himself trapped in a cycle of self-destructiveness and cynicism. He must confront his demons and seek redemption. Set in the 1860s, the story is told in flashback as the protagonist reflects on his life choices and the consequences they have had. Through religious symbolism and a series of memorable encounters, he learns the true meaning of repentance.

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.

A Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him to honor the tradition of returning to the tables.

A devil appears on the shoulder of a man who has been down on his luck since his Friday-the-13th birthday. The green-suited tempter convinces him to gamble away his last dime.