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California Split is a 1974 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Altman and starring Elliott Gould and George Segal as a pair of gamblers. It was the first non-Cinerama film to use eight-track stereo sound.
With George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Gwen Welles. When a casual gambler (George Segal as Bill) befriends a professional one (Elliott Gould as Charlie), he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters (Elliott Gould) rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller (Ann Prentiss) and Susan Peters (Gwen Welles), and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting...
- Comedy, Drama
They're the heroes (or at least the subjects) of "California Split," the magnificently funny, cynical film by Robert Altman. Their names are Bill and Charlie, and they're played by George Segal and Elliott Gould with a combination of unaffected naturalism and sheer raw nervous exhaustion.
When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger. 149 IMDb 7.1 1 h 48 min 1974. X-Ray R. Drama · Comedy · Compelling · Fun. Watch with a free Prime trial.
A film set mainly in casinos and races, as the two win and lose (but mainly win), get robbed, and get blind drunk. — David B-2. Bill Denny (George Segal) and Charlie Waters (Elliot Gould) meet when they are both on the same end of a fellow gambler's wrath at a Southern California gambling club.
Brief Synopsis. A down on his luck gambler and a free spirit take an unscheduled gambling trip to Tijuana.
