House of Games

House of Games
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Mamet
Screenplay byDavid Mamet
Story by
Produced byMichael Hausman
Starring
CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía
Edited byTrudy Ship
Music byAlaric Jans
Production
company
Filmhaus
Distributed byOrion Pictures
Release dates
Running time
102 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.6 million

House of Games is a 1987 American neo-noir[1] 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.

Mamet adapted the work into a stage play of the same name which premiered in 2010.

  1. ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5