Banning
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Ron Winston
Robert Wagner
Anjanette Comer
Jill St. John
Guy Stockwell
James Farentino
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Synopsis
Although professional golfer Mike Banning has been inactive for over 5 years, he takes a job as assistant pro at the El Presidente Country Club to help pay the gambling debt of his old friend Doc Brewer. His presence immediately arouses the interest of two aggressive women--Angela Barr, a wealthy socialite, and Cynthia, the wife of top pro Jonathan Linus. Banning, however, finds himself attracted to social director Carol Lindquist, unaware that she is Linus' mistress and a widow with a young daughter. After Banning learns that Cynthia helps her father, J. Pallister Young, cheat at poker, he blackmails Young into staging a "calcutta," a special tournament with an enormous cash prize. The leading partners in the match are Banning and Richard Tyson (Young's nephew), who are opposing Young and caddy Chris Patton. Before the tournament, Patton's resentment of Banning's position in the club results in a fist fight, and Patton ends up with a broken wrist. He is replaced by Linus, who attempts to disqualify Banning by pointing out that he once tried to throw a match; Young, however, has learned from Cynthia that Linus had framed Banning, and so the calcutta takes place on schedule. Banning and Tyson win, and Banning leaves his share of the money to pay for Doc Brewer's debt; he then leaves the country club, hinting to Carol that he may send for her and the child.
Director
Ron Winston
Cast
Robert Wagner
Anjanette Comer
Jill St. John
Guy Stockwell
James Farentino
Susan Clark
Howard St. John
Mike Kellin
Gene Hackman
Sean Garrison
Logan Ramsey
Edmon Ryan
Oliver Mcgowan
Lucille Meredith
William Cort
Crew
Dick Berg
Henry Bumstead
Cinefx
Edward K. Dodds
Larry Germain
Joseph Gershenson
Alexander Golitzen
Loyal Griggs
David A. Hammond
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
James Lee
Jean Louis
Hamilton Maule
John Mccarthy Jr.
George Milo
Phill Norman
Bob Russell
William Russell
Waldon O. Watson
Bud Westmore
J. Terry Williams
Wallace Worsley
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Released in United States Summer September 2, 1967
Techniscope
Released in United States Summer September 2, 1967
