Catherine Cookson Gambling Man Cast

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The Gambling Man
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Catherine Cookson (novel, 1975) Trevor Bowen (screenplay)
Starring	Robson Green Sylvestra Le Touzel Stephanie Putson
Music by	David Ferguson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	150 minutes (three episodes of 50 minutes)
Production company	Tyne Tees Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	26 February – 12 March 1995

Cast, crew and more for Catherine Cookson's the Gambling Man: Nineteenth-century period drama. A rent collector in South Shields, dissatisfied with his life, decides to use his talents as a card player to improve his situation. Author Catherine Cookson penned almost one hundred novels in her ninety-one years, most dealing with life in her native northeast England. 'The Gambling Man,' one of those many stories, is brought to the small screen, and held this viewer's interest until the third act. Rory (Robson Green) is a young man in 1870's England. A list of 21 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Fifteen Streets (1989), The Black Velvet Gown (1993), The Black Candle (1991), The Man Who Cried (1993) and The Gambling Man (1995). About this list: All the films based on the novels of Catherine Cookson.

The Gambling Man is a British three-part television serial, or long TV movie, first broadcast in 1995, starring Robson Green, directed by Norman Stone, based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.

Outline[edit]

Catherine cookson gambling man cast list

Rory Connor (Robson Green) is a rent-collector on Tyneside with a passion for playing poker for high stakes, while Janie Waggett (Stephanie Putson) is the woman who loves him, standing by him through many troubles. Charlotte Kean (Sylvestra Le Touzel) is Connor's employer, and she too finds him attractive. He gets into bad company in the dark world of gambling, and is so sure that poker is his way to riches that he makes a terrible decision.^[1]

The plot may be partly autobiographical, as Catherine Cookson’s own father was a bigamist and a gambler.^[2]

Production[edit]

Producer Ray Marshall bought the film rights to several of the period works of Catherine Cookson, beginning in 1989 with The Fifteen Streets, which had been turned into a successful stage play. These productions, sponsored by Tyne Tees Television, were very popular and drew between ten and fourteen million viewers each.^[3]

Cast[edit]

Robson Green as Rory Connor
Stephanie Putson as Janie Waggett
Ian Cullen as Paddy Connor
David Nellist as Jimmy Connor
Sylvestra Le Touzel as Charlotte Kean
Bernard Hill as Frank Nickle
Sammy Johnson as Victor Pittie
David Haddow as John George Armstrong
John Middleton as Mr Buckham
Frank Mills as Mr Kean
Ron Donachie as Alec McLean
Peter Marshall as Chief Constable
Alan Mason as Mr Dryden
Richard Franklin as Gambler
T. R. Bowen as Mr Arden
Jean Southern as Mrs Tyler
Paul Colman as Gambler
Max Smith as Bill Waggett
Anne Kent as Lizzie O'Dowd
Dennis Lingard as Little Joe
Allen Mechen as Dan Pittie
Ron Senior Jr. as Sam Pittie
Amber Styles as Ruth Connor
Margery Bone as Maggie Ridley
Lyn Douglas as Grannie Waggett
Sarah Finch as Mrs Buckham
Joe Ging as Dr Munday
Johnny Caesar as Mr Grable
Jan Gordon as Woman at Wedding
Tony Hodge as Oakshott
Jim Killeen as Man at Gaming House
Anissa Ladjemi as Widow's Child
George Lavella as Look-Out Boy
Peter Marriner as Police Sergeant
Nick Nancarrow as Nipper
Bryan St. John as Older Policeman

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