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House of Games (1987)

★ 6.8 · 355 ratings on TMDB

Human nature is a sucker bet.

House of Games poster★ 6.8

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.

DirectorDavid Mamet
CastJ.T. Walsh, Jack Wallace, Joe Mantegna, Lilia Skala, Lindsay Crouse, Meshach Taylor
GenresCrime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

House of Games keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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