Thursday's Game

Thursday's Game

1974 · 100 min · ★ 6.5 · TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights?

Directed by Robert Moore · Written by James L. Brooks

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