Private Detective ("Private eye") Jack Singer (Nicolas Cage) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married. He and girlfriend, Betsy (Sarah Jessica Parker) are in a relationship, and based on her gentle but constant expressing of doubt, and her desire to get married and start a family, he proposes a quick Las Vegas marriage. They check into the Bally's Casino Resort.
Before the wedding, however, a wealthy professional gambler, Tommy Korman (James Caan), sees Betsy and notices a striking resemblance to his beloved late wife Donna. He arranges a crooked poker game (with Jerry Tarkanian as one of the other players) where Jack borrows $65,000 after... |