Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994)
The series returned to its original home in CBS for its final episode in 1994!
The now-grown Jeremiah is also back in the scene; unfortunately, he is making poor life choices, joining the renowned outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Hawkes did all he could to track Jeremiah down and save him before he winds up in jail or ends up dying.
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps is the only film that Dick Lowry did not direct as Jack Bender took the helm.
Though the last film received a lukewarm reception, some fans were waiting for a brand new installment. In 2011, Rogers graced the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and told Fallon that he got a hypothetical idea for how he might reprise Brady Hawkes in another The Gambler series. The Grammy Award-winning singer thought as far as getting his character injured during a shootout at the start of the film, hence justifying his restricted movement in the show.
However, in 2017, Rogers finally called it a day – retiring from show business after more than six decades.
A year later, Rogers’ signature hit “The Gambler” was chosen as one of the songs to be preserved in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Indeed, Kenny Rogers’ songs within his illustrious career and The Gambler movie series are the gems we will forever treasure.
