MacShayne: Winner Takes All

Jack MacShayne, an ex-con working as a trouble-shooter for a Las Vegas casino, desperately wants to be reunited with his 12-year-old son, but in order to do so, he must find his ex-wife. MacShayne is offered a deal in which he will learn the location of his ex-wife, but in return, he would have to risk his freedom and his integrity., Kenny Rogers stars as John J MacShayne, the tough in-house detective for one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas. There is never a quiet night, as MacShayne is always on the look out for artful con-men and women, not to mention corrupt police commissioners., An ex-convict traveling to Las Vegas to visit his son is forced to re-enter the high-stakes world of casino poker in order to win back his family in a tense tale of family loyalty starring Kenny Rogers and Terry O’Quinn. There was a time when John J. “Jack” MacShayne (Rogers) was the best gambler in all of Las Vegas, but upon traveling back to his old haunts the ex-convict discovers that Sin City has been transformed into a homogenized vacation destination for the whole family. When MacShayne is unable to locate his wife and son, ex-policeman Danny Leggett (O’Quinn) offers to reveal the pair’s whereabouts if the former gambler agrees to defeat a particularly formidable opponent at the tables. If MacShayne should win, Leggett and his partner will be able to carry out their plan of robbing the casino. Should his opponent win, however, MacShayne stands to lose much more than a simple game of cards., Kenny Rogers plays a compulsive gambler who gets tangled up with a con artist (Ann Jillian) and a crooked ex-cop in Las Vegas. Danny: Terry O’Quinn. Andy: Barry Newman. Pete: J.A. Preston. Dix: Richard McGonagle.