Atlantic City, USA

Here's a film that wants to show you the real Atlantic City. An aging numbers runner and a casino waitress get mixed up in some trouble when her estranged husband arrives with stolen drugs. It is, perhaps, a love letter to a place most people only drive past.

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Louis Malle directed Atlantic City, USA in 1980. See Louis Malle's full filmography, where to start with Louis Malle, or where to go after you've seen everything by Louis Malle.

Atlantic City, USA was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 104 minutes.