CROUPIER

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GB
1998
1hr 34mins
Dir: Mike Hodges
Starring: Clive Owen and Gina McKee

A failing novelist gets a job in a casino where he finds inspiration for his next novel

This superb neo-noir film helped launch Clive Owen’s career in the States. The scenes with Owen onboard 1972-built tube stock were likely filmed on the Aldwych branch, which had only then recently closed. 

This is one of several scenes of Clive Owen onboard 1972-built tube stock. That cigarette is not lit, he’s just holding it at the ready in typical smokers fashion.