8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

Directors

Hal Ashby

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Andy Garcia, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Lisa Sloan

The story

An alcoholic Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy, Matt Scudder, takes part in a drug bust that results in his fatal shooting of a small-time dealer in front of the man's wife and kids. Scudder ends up in a drunk ward, suffering from booze and blackouts, ending his career, and his marriage, and jeopardizing his relationship with his daughter. After an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a woman hands Scudder a note, which invites him to a private gambling club on a hill, accessible only by a funicular, owned by Chance Walker.

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