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{{Infobox film
| name           = After the Game
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| caption        =
| director       = [[Brewster MacWilliams]]
| producer       = Robert Peters<br/>[[Roy Winnick]]
| writer         = Brewster MacWilliams
| narrator       =
| starring       = [[Frank Gorshin]]<br/>[[Stanley DeSantis]]<br/>[[Sam Anderson]]<br/>[[Mike Genovese]]<br/>[[Susan Traylor]]<br/>[[Robert Dubac]]
| music          = [[Colin Leese]]
| cinematography = [[Arturo Smith]]
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| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|1997}}
| runtime        = 89 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
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'''''After the Game''''' (released in some countries as '''''The Last Hand''''') is a 1997 [[neo-noir]] [[drama film|drama]]/[[mystery film]] directed by [[Brewster MacWilliams]] and starring [[Frank Gorshin]], [[Stanley DeSantis]], [[Sam Anderson]], [[Mike Genovese]], [[Susan Traylor]], and [[Robert Dubac]]. It is produced by Robert Peters and [[Roy Winnick]]. The screenplay was written by Brewster MacWilliams.

The film explores the themes of poker, revenge, deceit, lust and greed, and explores karma and the afterlife.

The [[DVD]], titled ''The Last Hand'', was issued in 2004.

==Plot==
Aging gambler Benny Walsh dies in a suspicious car crash after the biggest poker win of his life. His son Clyde comes to the [[Nevada]] town in search of answers. He discovers that each of his father's gambling buddies had ample reason to want him dead.

==Cast==
*[[Frank Gorshin]] as Benny Walsh
*[[Stanley DeSantis]] as Frank Bertini
*[[Sam Anderson]] as Jimmy Walsh
*[[Mike Genovese]] as Sam Kowalski
*[[Susan Traylor]] as Veronica Kowalski
*[[Richard Lineback]] as Slim, the Bartender
*[[Donna Eskra]] as Dolly
*[[Robert Dubac]] as Clyde Walsh
*[[Lou Rawls]] as Morgue Attendant
*[[Daniel Zacapa]] as Detective Garcia
*[[Hudson Leick]] as Grace

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118565/ ''After the Game''] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]

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[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1997 drama films]]
[[Category:1990s American films]]
[[Category:1990s English-language films]]
[[Category:1990s mystery drama films]]
[[Category:American films about gambling]]
[[Category:American mystery drama films]]
[[Category:American neo-noir films]]
[[Category:English-language mystery drama films]]


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