8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American crime film. This was the final film directed by Hal Ashby, and the first attempt to adapt the popular Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen. The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and David Lee Henry Robert Towne using a pseudonym. The film starred Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, and, in a leading role for the first time, Andy Garcia.

After an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a woman hands Scudder a note, which invites him to a private gambling club on a hill, accessible only by a funicular, owned by Chance Walker Randy Brooks. At the club, Scudder is greeted by a call girl named Sunny Alexandra Paul who pretends that he is her boyfriend. He also meets Angel Moldonado Garcia, who places large wagers with Chance and is infatuated with another call girl there, Sarah Arquette.Bewildered by Sunnys behavior, Scudder ends up back at his place, where after a failed attempt to seduce him, Sunny explains that she is frightened and needs help. After she pays him 5,000, Scudder offers Chance 2,500 to allow Sunny to quit prostitution. An insulted Chance insists that all he does is run the club, paying the girls a flat salary to attend his parties. Any prostitution they do is up to them. ........

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