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House of Games
Release Date: 11 October 1987 (USA)
Director: David Mamet
A famous psychologist, Margaret Ford, decides to try to help one of her patients get out of a gambling debt. She visits the bar where Mike, to whom the debt is owed, runs poker games. He convinces her to help him in a game: her assignment is to look for "tells", or give-away body language. What seems easy to her becomes much more complex.
Trivia: According to Mamet, despite the excellent reviews the film received in a limited showing in four theaters, Orion decided against spending the money for the prints and publicity that would have accompanied a general release and sent the film almost directly to TV and video.
Cast
Lindsay Crouse ... Margaret Ford
Joe Mantegna ... Mike
Mike Nussbaum ... Joey
Lilia Skala ... Dr. Littauer
J.T. Walsh ... The businessman
Willo Hausman ... Girl with book
Karen Kohlhaas ... Prison ward patient
Steven Goldstein ... Billy Hahn
Jack Wallace ... Bartender, House of Games
Ricky Jay ... George / Vegas Man
G. Roy Levin ... Poker player
Bob Lumbra ... Poker player
Andy Potok ... Poker player
Allen Soule ... Poker player
Ben Blakeman ... Bartender, Charlie's Tavern
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