The Hot Shoe

The Hot Shoe

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The Hot Shoe

2003

1h 36m

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Overview

A Documentary Movie About Card Counting In The Casino Game of 21. The director used $5,000 of the movie's budget to learn the counting methods, and put them to the test on screen.

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Ian Andersen

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Andy Bloch

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Andy Bloch

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Anthony Curtis

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Peter Griffin

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Tommy Hyland

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Max Rubin

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Ralph Stricker

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Edward Thorp

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Olaf Vancura

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Stanford Wong

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