House of Games

Watch: House of Games

10/11/19871h 42m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Human nature is a sucker bet. ~

Overview:

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.

Director:

David Mamet

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$2,585,639.00

Key words:

gambling
gambling debt
con man
fraud
con artist
psychiatrist
female psychiatrist
neo-noir
pool hall

Cast

Lindsay Crouse

~ as ~

Dr. Margaret Ford

Joe Mantegna

~ as ~

Mike

Mike Nussbaum

~ as ~

Joey

Lilia Skala

~ as ~

Dr. Maria Littauer

J. T. Walsh

~ as ~

The Businessman

Steven Goldstein

~ as ~

Billy Hahn

Jack Wallace

~ as ~

Bartender

Ricky Jay

~ as ~

George

William H. Macy

~ as ~

Sgt. John Moran

Meshach Taylor

~ as ~

Mr. Dean

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Reviews (1)

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kevin2019
Written 1 year(s) ago
8
"House of Games" has a major flaw at its heart: we are told much too early it is all about con men and the type of unscrupulous people who inhabit this shady and duplicitous world. This leaves you forewarned and on alert during the rest of the film so you are never in any real doubt about what is going on at any given moment. The only unanticipated element of the entire film is that it definitely has serious aspirations to reach beyond the particular genre where it takes place and therefore it has an ending which casts an extremely intriguing light upon the central character of Margaret Ford and it leaves you wishing this aspect had been more fully explored. She is an enigma at the heart of a genre film and that in itself is most unusual.