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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.
Richard Osman's House of Games is a British quiz show hosted by Richard Osman and produced by Banijay UK Productions subsidiary Remarkable Entertainment for the BBC. The show is played on a weekly basis, with four celebrities playing on five consecutive days to win daily prizes, and the weekly prize of being crowned as "House of Games" champion.
Oct 14, 1987 · House of Games: Directed by David Mamet. With Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Mike Nussbaum, Lilia Skala. 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.
Oct 31, 1999 · A con artist (Joe Mantegna) teaches a therapist (Lindsay Crouse) how to spot a tell in a card game. Roger Ebert praises Mamet's distinctive style, voice and confidence games in this 1987 movie.
A psychiatrist (Lindsay Crouse) gets involved with a gambler (Joe Mantegna) and his con artist friends in Seattle. Roger Ebert praises the plotting, dialogue and performances of David Mamet's directorial debut.
Packed with razor-edged dialogue delivered with even-keeled precision by a cast of Mamet regulars, House of Games is as psychologically acute as it is full of twists and turns, a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a career con artist targeting his next mark.
Oct 5, 2012 · Dr. Margaret Ford, the writer of psychological self-help books, meets Mike when she attempts to help a patient who owes heavy gambling debts. When she herself is the victim of a con, she becomes ...
