四星：剧本很扎实，人物立体，进程不说教也不整花活儿。赌局如人生，大热倒灶，好牌坏决定也许才是常态。另外，首尾呼应以及配乐都是加分项...

当年很好看

赌场风云变幻莫测，情场爱欲交织纠葛，在这部反高潮赌博题材电影里，看到了人生的得失进退。能否独具慧眼，看透追名逐利的假象，这取决于在失败后的悟性高低。几十分钟的赌场戏，扎实、精到，展现双方在各方面的博弈，尤其结局，令人怅然若失但又引人反思。。（梅宝这个角色，更愿意看成是一种生命里的诱惑符号）。

他输的又愚蠢又高尚

Cause of death: savage gutting; crime weapon: playing cards. The Cincinnati kid (Steve McQueen) is a prodigy of the stud poker game, but is he going to dethrone the most reputable player of all, “the man” himself (G. Robinson)? And will the earnest dealer and friend of both (Karl Malden) remain impartial? A dream cast at the service of a minimal though sharp story. As far as scripting goes, sometimes less is more – it makes every action, though innocuous it may seem, actually loaded with meaning. By the time the twist-in-the-tail ending slams down ruthlessly, we reel back & ponder the forces that drove to the fateful outcome. The writing was on the wall, we just weren't inclined to read.

导演是个好导演更是个好人啊，拍得精彩的同时告诉你赌场上的博弈没有好结果，吃个教训，以后好好看清红尘风流，追名逐利之脆弱，什么是真，谁是爱你的人。这是赌片的真正意义。剧情上的反类型是60年代后新好莱坞的一大特色啊。另:张嘉译对史蒂夫麦奎因大抄特抄。kkk。