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In The Gambling Man, based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, he plays Rory, a young man in 19th Century Jarrow England who happens to be a crack poker player. Currently he is collecting rent and having a difficult time of it because he's too kind. He'd love to get into big gambling, but he needs a large stake to do it. THE GAMBLING MAN by Cookson, Catherine A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less. The Gambling Man: Catherine Cookson: Books - Amazon.ca. Skip to main content.ca Hello, Sign in. Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Returns & Orders. Go Search Hello.

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The Gambling Man is a British three-part television serial, or long TV movie, first broadcast in 1995, starring Robson Green, directed by Norman Stone, based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.

Outline[edit]

Rory Connor (Robson Green) is a rent-collector on Tyneside with a passion for playing poker for high stakes, while Janie Waggett (Stephanie Putson) is the woman who loves him, standing by him through many troubles. Charlotte Kean (Sylvestra Le Touzel) is Connor's employer, and she too finds him attractive. He gets into bad company in the dark world of gambling, and is so sure that poker is his way to riches that he makes a terrible decision.^[1]

The plot may be partly autobiographical, as Catherine Cookson’s own father was a bigamist and a gambler.^[2]

Production[edit]

Producer Ray Marshall bought the film rights to several of the period works of Catherine Cookson, beginning in 1989 with The Fifteen Streets, which had been turned into a successful stage play. These productions, sponsored by Tyne Tees Television, were very popular and drew between ten and fourteen million viewers each.^[3]

Cast[edit]

• Robson Green as Rory Connor
• Stephanie Putson as Janie Waggett
• Ian Cullen as Paddy Connor
• David Nellist as Jimmy Connor
• Sylvestra Le Touzel as Charlotte Kean
• Bernard Hill as Frank Nickle
• Sammy Johnson as Victor Pittie
• David Haddow as John George Armstrong
• John Middleton as Mr Buckham
• Frank Mills as Mr Kean
• Ron Donachie as Alec McLean
• Peter Marshall as Chief Constable
• Alan Mason as Mr Dryden
• Richard Franklin as Gambler
• T. R. Bowen as Mr Arden
• Jean Southern as Mrs Tyler
• Paul Colman as Gambler
• Max Smith as Bill Waggett
• Anne Kent as Lizzie O'Dowd
• Dennis Lingard as Little Joe
• Allen Mechen as Dan Pittie
• Ron Senior Jr. as Sam Pittie
• Amber Styles as Ruth Connor
• Margery Bone as Maggie Ridley
• Lyn Douglas as Grannie Waggett
• Sarah Finch as Mrs Buckham
• Joe Ging as Dr Munday
• Johnny Caesar as Mr Grable
• Jan Gordon as Woman at Wedding
• Tony Hodge as Oakshott
• Jim Killeen as Man at Gaming House
• Anissa Ladjemi as Widow's Child
• George Lavella as Look-Out Boy
• Peter Marriner as Police Sergeant
• Nick Nancarrow as Nipper
• Bryan St. John as Older Policeman

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Notes[edit]

1. ^5 REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT NOT ROOT FOR ROBSON IN THE GAMBLING MAN at uktv.co.uk, accessed 8 May 2020
2. ^16 facts about Dame Catherine Cookson on her 110th birthday in Shields Gazette, 27 June 2016, archived here
3. ^Julie Anne Taddeo, ed., Catherine Cookson Country: On the Borders of Legitimacy, Fiction, and History (Routledge, 2016), p. 172

External links[edit]

• The Gambling Man on IMDb
• The Gambling Man (Part 1) full episode at dailymotion.com

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