Atlantic City (1980 film)

Atlantic City is a crime drama written by John Guare and directed by Louis Malle. It was released on April 3, 1981. The movie stars Burt Lancaster as an aging mobster named Lou Pascal, living in Atlantic City. Lou gets involved in a love triangle with a gangster's widow named Grace and a much younger woman, Sally, played by Susan Sarandon.

Atlantic City tells the story of an old mobster from Atlantic City named Lou Pascal, played by Burt Lancaster. Lou is in an affair with a gansters widow named Grace Pinza, played by Kate Reid. But he meets and falls for a casino croupier named Sally, played by Susan Sarandon. Sally is left with drugs her husband stole from the mob after he is killed and Lou is left to protect her from the mob thugs that are after her.

"This lyrical tale set in Atlantic City in times of change is full of offbeat characters. It is evocatively directed by Louis Malle in his second (and better) American film and well acted by Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon as the odd romantic couple."—Emmanuel Levy, EmmanuelLevy.comhttp://www.emanuellevy.com/search/details.cfm?id=1198

"Susan Sarandon finally came into her own as a first-rate actress in this poignant 1981 Louis Malle film. She and Burt Lancaster create movie magic together. Well-deserved Oscar nominations (her first, his last) resulted from their outstanding work here."—Betty Jo Tucker, ReelTalk Movie Reviewshttp://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=416

• Burt Lancaster as Lou Pascal

• Susan Sarandon as Sally Matthews

• Kate Reid as Grace Pinza

• Robert Joy as Dave Matthews

• Michel Piccoli as Joseph

• Robert Goulet as Singer in hospital