Overview
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.
Production
Miramax · Spanky Pictures
Cast & Characters
Matt Damon
Mike McDermott
Edward Norton
Lester 'Worm' Murphy
John Turturro
Joey Knish
Gretchen Mol
Jo
John Malkovich
Teddy KGB
Famke Janssen
Petra
Martin Landau
Abe Petrovsky
Michael Rispoli
Grama
Goran Višnjić
Maurice
Mal Z. Lawrence
Irving
Paul Cicero
Russian Thug
Ray Iannicelli
Kenny
Directors & Crew
David Levien
Screenplay
Ted Demme
Producer
John Dahl
Director
Joel Stillerman
Producer
Brian Koppelman
Screenplay
Screenshots & Stills
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