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Synopsis
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Release windows
When & where
US
- In CinemasTue, Aug 25, 1998Los Angeles, California
GB
- In CinemasFri, Nov 20, 1998
CA
- PhysicalTue, Oct 15, 2002DVD
AU
- In CinemasFri, Nov 20, 1998
FR
- In CinemasTue, Sep 8, 1998Deauville Film Festival
DE
- PhysicalMon, Feb 6, 2006DVD
JP
- In CinemasSat, May 8, 1999
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Cast
Top of the call sheet
Matt Damon
as Mike McDermott
Edward Norton
as Lester 'Worm' Murphy
John Turturro
as Joey Knish
Gretchen Mol
as Jo
John Malkovich
as Teddy KGB
Famke Janssen
as Petra
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