The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps

The Final Installment in the Story of 'The Gambler'

Kenny Rogers is Brady Hawkes, a famous gambler whose only game in life is to find his son, Jeremiah (Kris Kamm), who has left a prestigious university and has been spotted running with Butch (Scott Paulin) and Sundance's (Brett Cullen) "Wild Bunch," the wanted gang of thieves on the run from the Pinkerton detective agency. On a tip from a convicted associate of Butch and Sundance, Hawkes heads to Ft. Worth to see Fanny Porter (Loni Anderson) - the city's most prominent madam and friend of the gang.

While in town, he runs into his adoring friend, famous actress Lily Langtry (Dixie Carter). At one of Lily's performances, at an opera house filled with Pinkertons, Brady confronts his son and begs him to go back to a straight life before it's too late. With the lead detective Frank Dimiaio (Richard Riehle) and his agents present, the only future for Jeremiah is prison - when Brady returns to Fanny's, Butch and Sundance head for the jail, helping Jeremiah escape and once again the gang is on the run.

In a desperate race to find his son before the Pinkertons award the bounty on the bandits - dead or alive - Brady's trek spans from Galveston to South America with the Pinkertons close behind. Jeremiah's fate rests on Brady's gamble to save his son's life.