An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Steve McQueen
as Eric Stoner ("The Cincinnati Kid")

Edward G. Robinson
as Lancey Howard

Ann-Margret
as Melba Nile

Karl Malden
as Shooter

Tuesday Weld
as Christian Rudd

Joan Blondell
as Lady Fingers

Rip Torn
as William Jefferson Slade

Jack Weston
as Pig

Cab Calloway
as Yeller

Jeff Corey
as Hoban
John Chard
People will sit down at the table with you, just so they can say they played with The Man Blah blah blah is the feelings I get when I see comments about this being McQueen's answer to The Hustler, the Newman film is firmly ensconced in the hall of classics and rightly so, but this is a different ...