Going for Broke

TV Movie
2003
1h 26m

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Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney in Going for Broke (2003)

A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.A woman becomes a compulsive gambler and eventually loses everything.

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6.0/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Delta Burke

Laura Bancroft

Elliot Page

Jennifer Bancroft
(as Ellen Page)

Matthew Harbour

Tommy Bancroft

Patricia Gage

Lois

Joyce Gordon

Bella

Francis X. McCarthy

Brad Bradford
(as Francis-Xavier McCarthy)

Mary Donnelly Haskell

Martine Miller
(as Mary Donnelly-Haskell)

Gerald McRaney

Jim Bancroft

Spiro Malandrakis

Conner
(as Spiro Maland)

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Ms. Jenkins

Gillian Ferrabee

Principal

Raymond Stone

Judge

Richard Jutras

Mr. Dowling

Alan Fawcett

Davenport

Susan Almgren

Mrs. Meyers

Marie-Marguerite Sabongui

Shari
(as Marie-Marguerite Sabongul)

Norris Domingue

Grandpa Frank

Cecile Cristobal

Cindy

Director
- Graeme Campbell
Writer
- Deborah Serra
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Trivia
This movie is based on a true incident, which resulted in all Nevada casinos being required by law to post the telephone number for GA (that is, Gamblers Anonymous), should any of their patrons need it.

Quotes
Bella: [on gambling] There's two kinds of problems: the kind you run FROM, and the kind you run TO. Make sure you know which is which.

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Professionally Done

I watched this movie with my mother and loved it. I recently taped it because of the outstanding job that it did in addressing a serious issue. In this movie Laura Bancroft's life began to spiral dangerously out of control due to a severe addiction to gambling. When she started neglecting her husband and her kids to gamble she was just an addict. When she resorted to stealing to bankroll her habit she became a full blown junkie. It seemed that as the movie progressed her problem only got worse. In the end gambling not only destroyed her life but the lives of everyone around her. It just goes to show just how destructive any kind of addiction can be.