Ann-Margret...Wow !


Wow...what a naughty sexy redhead cat ! Perfect hottie !

Btw, this is excellent movie. Steve Mcqueen, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden,Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, Rip Torn - first class acting from all of them.

Most of today's Hollywood trash sucks big time compared to "The Cincinnati Kid".



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There are women like that. Dangerous. And you hate them. And you can't say no to them. And then they are on to the next guy. (One feels so sorry for Karl Malden in this --- but on the other hand, you figure he at least got to bed her a time or two. Probably worth it.)

I understand it took some persuading to get Tuesday Weld to take her role once she knew A-M was in this movie. A Medal of Courage for Ms. Weld...who looked pretty good herself.

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Perception...and reality.

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No, Tuesday and Steve paired better . . . that's why she had to play the good girl . . .

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I understand it took some persuading to get Tuesday Weld to take her role once she knew A-M was in this movie. A Medal of Courage for Ms. Weld...who looked pretty good herself.
Tuesday Weld as a person seems to have had a worldly but gentle personality. I doubt Weld felt competitive with Ann-Margret, as she never competed for choice roles, herself (turning down lead roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Rosemary's Baby, True Grit, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, among others). If you read about her life, she seemed generally disinterested in major stardom.

She was truly unique in that way. It's almost unheard of. But Weld had been a model since the age of four or something, was forced to support her impoverished, single-parent-household from an early age, and probably had a distaste for the entertainment industry in general. It's not something she originally gravitated to on her own.



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Weld was indeed intimidated by Margret before shooting. Norman Jewison says this in this in audio commentary.

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Two of the most beautiful actresses ever who never looked better than they did in this movie. Nubility has never jumped off the screen so forcefully. Men instinctively want to sow their seeds in women like this because instinct tells them that they are most likely to produce the healthiest offspring.

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Wow indeed; Ann-Margret is incredible, one of the sexiest and most beautiful women to appear on screen. It's sad that she isn't mentioned nearly as much as the likes of Marilyn Monroe. Coupled with the also amazing Tuesday Weld, this is one one sexy movie. Add in McQueen and the subject of high stakes poker and this has gotta be one of the sexiest films of all time, and the coolest..

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Ann-Margaret looked utterly breathtaking in this film (and in general). Tuesday Weld was so amazingly beautiful herself, but Ann just had the whole package... a perfect face, a perfect body, and a seductive personality that was just plain sexy. Wow indeed.



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As a fan of blondies beyond recovery, i have to admit that i would go for Ann Margret rather than Tuesday Weld. Her character reminds me of those femme fatales painted by Robert McGinnis.

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As a professional actress, dancer and singer in the 60's, Ann Margret proved to be a fairly competent actress, a pretty good dancer who seemed somewhat clumsy at times, along with her timing being a bit off in a few routines.(see 'Viva Las Vegas' and you'll understand what I'm referring to)

And, as a singer Ann Margret was pretty average to irritatingly bad.(hear her opening song "Bye Bye Birdie" for further confirmation)

But, as an intelligent woman who is both movie star gorgeous and incredibly sexy with better than average talent in the performing arts. Ann Margret was 100% perfect breeding stock material BABY. she was like a 12, on a scale from 1-10 in the "woman you'd like to pro-create with" category.

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