House of Games
Human nature is a sucker bet.
1987 | 102m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | David Mamet |
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| Writer: | David Mamet, Jonathan Katz |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 11, 1987 |
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| Director: | David Mamet |
| Writer: | David Mamet, Jonathan Katz |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Keywords | gambling, con man, fraud, gambling debt, con artist, psychiatrist, female psychiatrist, neo-noir, pool hall |
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures, Filmhaus |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,585,639
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
![House of Games (1987) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]](/extra_thumbs/iihr5J6Oky4.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lindsay Crouse | Dr. Margaret Ford |
| Joe Mantegna | Mike |
| Mike Nussbaum | Joey |
| Lilia Skala | Dr. Maria Littauer |
| J. T. Walsh | The Businessman |
| Steven Goldstein | Billy Hahn |
| Jack Wallace | Bartender |
| Ricky Jay | George |
| William H. Macy | Sgt. John Moran |
| Meshach Taylor | Mr. Dean |
| John Pritchett | Hotel Desk Clerk |
| Scott Zigler | Western Union Clerk |
| Jacqueline de La Chaume | Woman with Lighter |
| Willo Hausman | Girl with Book |
| G. Roy Levin | Poker Player |
| Johnny "Sugarbear" Willis | Hotel Doorman |
| Josh Conescu | Garage Attendant |
| Patricia Wolff | Patient |
| Paul Walsh | Man in Restaurant |
| Roberta Maguire | Restaurant Hostess |
| Karen Kohlhaas | Prison Ward Patient |
| Julie Mendenhall | Late Student |
| Rachel Cline | Student |
| Bob Lumbra | Poker Player |
| Andy Potok | Poker Player |
| Olan Soule | Poker Player |
| Ben Blakeman | Bartender |
| John Nelson | Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Juan Ruiz Anchía | Director of Photography |
| Trudy Ship | Editor |
| Cyrena Hausman | Casting |
| Michael Merritt | Production Design |
| Derek R. Hill | Set Decoration |
| Nan Cibula | Costume Design |
| Laurent Delouya | Hairstylist |
| Erin Lyons | Hairstylist |
| Gregory Villamil | Hairstylist |
| Pamela S. Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Hausman | Second Assistant Director |
| Jeff Balsmeyer | Storyboard Artist |
| J. Grey Smith | Leadman |
| Jeffrey P. Soderberg | Set Dresser |
| Douglas Axtell | Boom Operator |
| Suki Buchman | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Anthony J. Ciccolini III | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Pam DeMetruis-Thomas | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Kathleen Earle Killeen | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Thomas A. Gulino | Sound Editor |
| Marc S. Shaw | ADR Editor |
| Gail Showalter | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jeffrey Stern | Sound Editor |
| Jacqueline Tager | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Robert G. Willard | Special Effects |
| Michael F. Barrow | Gaffer |
| Martin Bosworth | Grip |
| Chris Centrella | Dolly Grip |
| Henry Cline | Second Assistant Camera |
| Geoffrey Coburn | Electrician |
| Robert Diehl | Electrician |
| Bill Flick | Grip |
| Lars Larson | Grip |
| Mark Lorge | Electrician |
| Hugh McCallum | Best Boy Grip |
| Robert McClure | Electrician |
| George Mooradian | First Assistant Camera |
| Lorey Sebastian | Still Photographer |
| Michael Sudmeier | Electrician |
| Greg White-Wiegand | Electrician |
| Quintin Woo | Electrician |
| Candace Blake | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Dawn Johnson | Costumer |
| Sally Roberts | Assistant Costume Designer, Wardrobe Assistant |
| Barbara Tulliver | Assistant Editor |
| Christine Wilson | Script Supervisor |
| Gregory W. Anderson | Driver |
| Jon McCarthy | Driver |
| Alexa Albert | Production Assistant |
| Peter Hutcheson | Production Assistant |
| Kevin Hyman | Production Accountant |
| Susan McBrine | Catering |
| Ivan Passer Jr. | Production Assistant |
| Deborah Pritchett | Production Office Coordinator |
| Cathy Sarkowsky | Production Office Coordinator |
| Sheila Thompson | Craft Service |
| Lynn Wegenka | Key Production Assistant |
| Patricia Wolff | Production Assistant |
| Scott Zigler | Production Assistant |
| Jonathan Sheinberg | Head of Production |
| Susan Lee Smith | Publicist |
| John Merriman | Best Boy Electric |
| Alaric Jans | Original Music Composer |
| David Mamet | Story, Director, Screenplay |
| Ned Dowd | First Assistant Director |
| Ron Lynch | Location Manager |
| Jonathan Katz | Story |
| John Pritchett | Sound Mixer |
| Suzana Perić | Music Editor |
| Randall Balsmeyer | Title Designer |
| Lee R. Mayes | Unit Production Manager |
| Samara Hutman | Property Master |
| Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David Milchen | Transportation Captain |
| Jerry Jackson | Transportation Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Hausman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 8 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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kevin2019
8.0
"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 go ... ing 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.
Mar 04, 2024