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The Cincinnati Kid is a 1965 movie directed by Norman Jewison. It stars Steve McQueen as the titular character. Spencer Tracy was originally cast as the old time gambler but in the end declined the role and was replaced by Edward G. Robinson. The cock fight shown at the beginning of the movie was cut for all British screenings of the movie. Filmed on location in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme song was sung by Ray Charles.

McQueen plays "The Kid", an up-and-coming poker player during the Great Depression, who decides to take on a long-time master of the game, Lancey Howard nicknamed "The Man." But what the Kid doesn't know is that his friend and the poker game's dealer, played by Karl Malden, has been blackmailed into rigging the five-card stud game.

According to an article written by Michael Wiesenberg of Card Player Magazine, "he odds of the two hands appearing in the same deal (in the climactic scene) are worse than 45 million-to-1."

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