Synopsis
California Split (1974) is Robert Altman's tragicomedy about gambling, and you can watch online on iFILM. Two compulsive bettors meet over a poker table and figure their luck might run better as a pair.
Charlie (Elliott Gould) is a fast-talking charmer who shrugs off every loss. Bill (George Segal) is a magazine writer sinking deeper into debt. A barroom run-in turns into a friendship of opposites, and that into a bender across racetracks, back-room card games and the casinos of Reno, where the stakes climb and the line between a hot streak and self-ruin keeps blurring.
Altman shoots it with his trademark overlapping chatter and loose, near-documentary texture — no glamour, just smoky rooms and the hum of the next bet. When the big payday finally lands, it reads as emptiness rather than joy. It's one of American cinema's most clear-eyed looks at the gambling itch. Stream California Split (1974) online on iFILM.
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