The Cincinnati Kid stars Steve McQueen.
With the release of the film on DVD, one modern reviewer said the film "is as hip now as when it was released in 1965" and another cited McQueen as "effortlessly watchable as the Kid, providing a masterclass in the power of natural screen presence over dialogue" and Robinson "simply fantastic
 After departing the hotel, the Kid loses a penny pitch to the shoeshine boy he had beaten at the same game at the film's opening

