"Law & Order: Criminal Intent"
Cruise to Nowhere (2006)

Director:

Marisol Torres

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (developer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001)

Original Air Date:

30 April 2006 (Season 5, Episode 19)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

A gambling cruise patron is found washed up on shore.

Plot Keywords:

Gambling | Poker | Cruise | Trial | Prosecutor

Cast

Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Joey Frost
Michele Pawk	...	Shari Frost
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Michael Mastro	...	Jack Rosencrantz
Wass Stevens	...	Gil Costello (as Wass M. Stevens)
Barbara Garrick	...	Pam Williams
Jay Patterson	...	Benton Williams
John Pankow	...	Phil Lambier
Adam Dannheisser	...	Hank
Gibson Frazier	...	Rogelio
Tony Cucci	...	Dom

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

Wolf Films

Movie Connections:

Features "The Jerry Springer Show" (1991)

Pucci: A Star In The Making?

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was a very interesting story involving a kid who begins the story as a very arrogant punk. You can't help but hate him. Slowly, we begin to hear about his life story and by the end, we feel sorry for him. "Detective Goren" (Vincent D'Onofrio) certainly does, You can see that. He usually has a lot more compassion than his partner "Det. Eames" (Kathryn Erbe.)

The "punk" is world-class card shark "Joey Frost," who is fabulous at reading people. That makes this gambler almost unbeatable at poker. On sports events, where he has no control over the outcome, Joey is a huge loser. Lou Taylor Pucci plays Frost as each scene he's in, is riveting. Only in his early 20s, I think Pucci has a chance to be a star in the movies. This kid has talent. His biography here at IMDb states "His favorite actors are Gary Oldman, Steve Buscemi and Vincent D'Onofrio."

Those are three pretty intense actors.

In a nutshell, Joey is being used by his uncle to win lots of money. Joey is has no clue this is happening, only that uncle "Phil" (John Pankow as "Phil Lambier" is a great guy. What Joey reluctantly hears at the end of this show is a killer.....literally.

This was a good, emotional story with intensity and good acting.