Expert: Mel - 10/11/2006

Question
if you can help.watched a film possibly ten years ago. a guy was driving in america when he picked up an hitch hiker. he was on his way to play cards at some mansion with some old guys.they play cards lose and as repayment the old guys make them live in a caravan and build a straight wall something like 100 yards long 3 yards high out of some stone from an old monument. during this they get charged for food etc and have to do more work. one tries to escape and gets shot. the other finishes his work and ends i think with him driving again. iv asked dozens of people over the years and noone has a clue!many thanks if you can help

Answer
Hello Phil,

That film was "The Music Of Chance from 1993. It starred James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, M. Emmet Walsh, Joel Grey, Charles Durning and Chris Penn.

STORYLINE: A former fireman and drifter (Mandy Patinkin) meets a professional poker player (James Spader) that convinces him to back a high-stakes card game with two eccentric millionaires. When they lose, they wind up building a seemingly meaningless stone wall across a meadow on the millionaires' estate to work off their debts.

Here are a couple of links:

http://reviews.imdb.com/Reviews/20/2093

http://tinyurl.com/haa8z


Glad to be of help. Cheers............Mel.