Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (TV Movie 1987)

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Kenny Rogers

Brady Hawkes

Bruce Boxleitner

Billy Montana

Linda Gray

Mary Collins

Melanie Chartoff

Deborah

Matt Clark

Sgt. Grinder

George Kennedy

Gen. Nelson Miles

Marvin J. McIntyre

Peabo Kirby

Dean Stockwell

James McLaughlin

Jeffrey Jones

Buffalo Bill

Charles Durning

Sen. Henry Colton

Richard Chaves

Iron Dog

Tony Plana

George American Horse

Chief Sitting Bull

James Greene

Marco Rodríguez

Wade Friendly
(as Marco Rodriguez)

Marc Alaimo

Pvt. Bob Butler

Sandy Martin

Mrs. Dickey

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Charles Afraid of Bear

Director
- Dick Lowry
Writers
- Jeb Rosebrook
- Roderick Taylor
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10JenExxifer

The Gambler vs. Bad Bureaucrats

I give this TV movie 10 stars for being an enjoyable blast from the 1980s TV past!

The story is standard for a western: good guys vs. Bad guys; but what I enjoyed more than the story were some faces from another time: Kenny Rogers, George Kennedy, Dean Stockwell, Charles Durning, Michael Berryman, Jeffrey Jones, and Sandy Martin (Napoleon Dynamite's Grandma!).

The stunts and fights are fun, the language is clean since it was 1980s TV, and the ending is light-hearted which always makes for a nice TV western along with 'The Gambler' song!

Thanks to BingeTV for airing all the Gambler movies in one binge-worthy Saturday!

(Exit music plays: You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...)

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Trivia
This is dated to approximately 1885. Sitting Bull (Lakota Tatanka Iyotake) a Hunkpapa Sioux chief, spent 4 months touring with Buffalo Bill Cody. He earned about $50 a week, around $2660 in 2021.

Goofs
When Brady and Billy enter the bathhouse, the shadow of a boom mic is visible on the back wall.

Crazy credits
Right before the copyright at the end of the end credits, the following is seen: "Out of respect for those who believe in and still practice the ghost dance religion, the producers would like to emphasize that the dance portrayed in this film is not the actual ghost dance, but a creative interpretation of the ghost dance."