High Stakes (1989)

A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.

Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing is a gritty, darkly funny thrill ride through 1998 New York, with Austin Butler delivering a raw, magnetic turn as Hank Thompson—a washed-up ex-ballplayer turned bartender whose life implodes after cat-sitting for his punk neighbor drags him into a violent underworld of gangsters, crooked cops, and chaos. Brutal yet unexpectedly hilarious, the film blends noir grit with midnight-movie absurdity, proving Aronofsky can reinvent himself while Butler cements his status as a true movie star.

This is a Spanish-speaking short film that contains English subtitles. The short film is produced in the United States.

"Hustlers" returns power to groups that are traditionally deprived of it: women, the working class, and sex workers.