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.
Cast
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
Merwin Goldsmith
Sy
Sonny Zito
Tony
Josh Mostel
Zagosh
Lenny Clarke
Savino
Peter Yoshida
Henry Lin
Jay Boryea
Russian Thug #2
Lenny Venito
Moogie
Richard Mawe
Professor Eisen
Michael Lombardi
D.A. Shields
Tom Aldredge
Judge Marinacci
Beeson Carroll
Judge Kaplan
E. Matthew Yavne
Professor Green
Erik LaRay Harvey
Roy
Dominic Marcus
Dowling
Brian Anthony Wilson
Derald
George Kmeck
Prison Guard
Joseph Parisi
Property Guard
Melina Kanakaredes
Barbara
Kohl Sudduth
Wagner
Charlie Matthes
Birch
Hank Jacobs
Steiny
Chris Messina
Higgins
Michael Ryan Segal
Griggs
Kerry O'Malley
Kelly
Slava Schoot
Roman
Michele Zanes
Taj Dealer
Allan Havey
Guberman
Joey Vega
Freddy Face
Neal Hemphill
Claude
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Judge McKinnon
Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan
Lisa Gorlitsky
Sherry
John Di Benedetto
LaRossa
Nicole Brier
Sunshine
Tony Hoty
Taki
Mario Mendoza
Zizzo
Joe Zaloom
Cronos
Sal Richards
Johnny Gold
Josh Pais
Weitz
Adam LeFevre
Sean Frye
P.J. Brown
Vitter
David Zayas
Osborne
Michael Arkin
Bear
Murphy Guyer
Detweiler
Alan Davidson
Cabbie
Bill Camp
Eisenberg
Maria Soccor
Atlantic City Call Girl (uncredited)
Crew
John Dahl
Director
David Levien
Screenplay
Brian Koppelman
Screenplay
Scott Chestnut
Editor
Jean-Yves Escoffier
Director of Photography
Mike Stanwick
Color Timer
Christopher Swartout
First Assistant Director
Peter Leto
Second Assistant Director
Nina Jack
Second Second Assistant Director
Andrew Zolot
Production Coordinator
Kerry Orent
Executive Producer
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Bobby Cohen
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Margo Myers
Production Supervisor
Ted Demme
Producer
Joel Stillerman
Producer
Christopher Goode
Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Tracy Falco
Associate Producer
Robert Pearson
Production Design
Robert Hackl
Post Production Supervisor
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Emily Loreto
Assistant Costume Designer
Terry Dresbach
Costume Design
Victor DeNicola
Key Hair Stylist
Anthony Veader
Key Hair Stylist
Carla White
Key Makeup Artist
Rita Ogden
Makeup Artist
Lara Kelly
Art Department Coordinator
Harry Darrow
Assistant Art Director
Michael Chandler
Sound Editor
Miguel Rivera
Sound Editor
Ben Wilkins
Sound Editor
Cindy Jo Hinkleman
Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Winter
Assistant Sound Editor
Chris David
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey Perkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jon Johnson
Sound Supervisor
Mark Weingarten
Production Sound Mixer
Ryan Murphy
Sound Recordist
Mark Goodermote
Boom Operator
Andrew Schmetterling
Boom Operator
Joseph T. Sabella
Foley Artist
Zane D. Bruce
Foley Artist
Val Kuklowsky
ADR Supervisor
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Amanda Scheer-Demme
Music Supervisor
Randall Poster
Music Supervisor
Tanya Noel Hill
Music Editor
Trip Brock
Dialogue Editor
Robert Troy
Dialogue Editor
Bruce Stubblefield
Dialogue Editor
Beth Kushnick
Set Decoration
Nick Miller
Construction Coordinator
Gordon Krause
Construction Foreman
John Clifford
Still Photographer
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Script Supervisor
Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
Ron Stone
Property Master
Pedro Hernández
Best Boy Grip
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Gary Martone
Key Grip
Scott H. Ramsey
Gaffer
Robert Dawson
Title Designer
Cara Leibovitz
Unit Publicist
Rick Butler
Art Direction
Richard J. Rossi
First Assistant Editor
Leo Holder
Graphic Designer
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