House of Games (1987)

Directed by

David Mamet

Genre

heist film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 350 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful psychiatrist becomes fascinated with a charismatic con artist. She gets drawn into his world of elaborate scams and deception.

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What happens

House of Games is a 1987 American neo-noir film about con-men and confidence scams by David Mamet, his directorial debut. He also wrote the screenplay, based on a story he co-wrote with Jonathan Katz. The film's cast includes Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay, and J. T. Walsh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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