The Gin Game
1981, English. Directed by Terry Hughes.
Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident. While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.
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- 1h 23m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 21 April 1981
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The Gin Game runs 83 minutes (1h 23m).
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The Gin Game isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 April 1981. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Gin Game, try Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault, Hello Sister, Goodbye Life, Girl in the Box.
Who directed The Gin Game?
The Gin Game (1981) was directed by Terry Hughes and stars Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn.