Editing Card sharp (section)

===Film===

Card sharps are common characters in [[Caper story|caper]] films, since the questionable [[legality]] of their hobby also plays well with that of their occupation. Notable examples films featuring card sharps are:
* ''[[The Lady Eve]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Cincinnati Kid]]'' (1965)
* ''[[A Big Hand for the Little Lady]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Gambler (film)|Gambler]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Barry Lyndon]]'' (1975), in a scene filmed by candlelight, Barry's mentor "The Chevalier" is shown palming cards from his sleeve to cheat at [[faro (card game)|faro]] 
* ''[[The Great Gambler]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Maverick (film)|Maverick]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), world-renowned card sharp [[Ricky Jay]] advised the actors and played a supporting role
* ''[[Rounders (film)|Rounders]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Shade (film)|Shade]]'' (2003)
* ''[[21 (2008 film)|21]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Teen Patti (film)|Teen Patti (The three cards)]]'' (2009)