Directed by:
David MametScreenplay:
David MametCinematography:
Juan Ruiz AnchíaComposer:
Alaric JansCast:
Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala, J. T. Walsh, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Meshach Taylor, Jack Wallace, John PritchettVOD (2)
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet sat in the director’s chair for the first time for this sly, merciless thriller. Lindsay Crouse stars as a best-selling author and therapist who wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp (Joe Mantegna), her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Packed with razor-sharp dialogue delivered with even-keeled precision by a cast of Mamet regulars, House of Games is as psychologically acute as it is full of twists and turns, a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a career con artist targeting his next mark. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Lindsay Crouse
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
Places in the Heart (1984)
The Insider (1999)
Joe Mantegna
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Mike Nussbaum
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Lilia Skala
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Charly (1968)
J. T. Walsh
USA
Best movies:
Sling Blade (1996)
Misery (1990)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Ricky Jay
USA
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
William H. Macy
USA
Meshach Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Class Act (1992)
Damien: Omen II (1978)
The Last Innocent Man (1987) (TV movie)
Jack Wallace
USA
Best movies:
The Bear (1988)
Boogie Nights (1997)
State of Grace (1990)
John Pritchett
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Homicide (1991)
Wyatt Earp (1994)