The Gin Game

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jessica Tandy

Fonsia Dorsey

Age : 85 | Popularity : 6%

Hume Cronyn

Weller Martin

Age : 91 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Stage Director	Mike Nichols
	Director	Terry Hughes
Sound	Music	Michael Small
Production	Producer	Terry Hughes
	Executive Producer	Ellen Krass Archer King Robert Dale Martin
Writing	Theatre Play	D.L. Coburn
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Bill Walker
Department	Role	Name

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