The villain Auric Goldfinger cheats at gin rummy in the key introduction scene of the James Bond😊 film Goldfinger (1964), with the help of an accomplice looking at the opponent's cards through binoculars. The film script changed😊 the game to gin rummy from two-handed Canasta in the source novel by Ian Fleming.

The British Secret Service agent James Bond is asked by😊 his superior, M, to join him at M's club, Blades. A club member, the multi-millionaire businessman Sir Hugo Drax, is😊 winning considerable money playing bridge, seemingly against the odds.