A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Cast
Anjelica Huston
Lilly Dillon
John Cusack
Roy Dillon
Annette Bening
Myra Langtry
Jan Munroe
Guy in bar
Robert Weems
Racetrack Announcer
Stephen Tobolowsky
Jeweler
Jimmy Noonan
Bartender
Richard Holden
Cop
Henry Jones
Sims
Michael Laskin
Irv
Eddie Jones
Mintz
Sandy Baron
Doctor
Lou Hancock
Nurse
Gailard Sartain
Joe
Noelle Harling
Nurse Carol Flynn
Ivette Soler
Maid
Pat Hingle
Bobo Justus
Paul Adelstein
Sailor - Young Paul
Jeremy Piven
Sailor - Freshman
Gregory Sporleder
Sailor - Spooney
David Sinaiko
Sailor - Stinky
Jeff Perry
Drunk
Jon Gries
Drunk's Friend
Micole Mercurio
Waitress
Charles Napier
Gloucester Hebbing
J. T. Walsh
Cole
Teresa Gilmore
Receptionist 1
Elizabeth Ann Feeley
Receptionist 2
Billy Ray Sharkey
FBI man
Frances Bay
Arizona Motel Clerk
Xander Berkeley
Lt. Pierson
John Gillespie
Bartender (uncredited)
Juliet Landau
Young Lilly (uncredited)
Sy Richardson
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Opening voice-over (uncredited)
Crew
Stephen Frears
Director
Donald E. Westlake
Screenplay
Jim Thompson
Novel
Mick Audsley
Editor
Oliver Stapleton
Director of Photography
J. Stephen Buck
First Assistant Director
Joe Camp III
Second Assistant Director
Beth Bernstein
Assistant Production Coordinator
Kathleen M. Courtney
Production Coordinator
Barbara De Fina
Executive Producer
Robert A. Harris
Producer
Jim Painter
Producer
Martin Scorsese
Producer
Peggy Rajski
Co-Producer
Dennis Gassner
Production Design
Marco Mazzei
First Assistant Camera
Katherine M. Butler
Second Assistant Camera
Matthew Morrissey
Third Assistant Camera
Jory Weitz
Casting Associate
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Mark Bridges
Assistant Costume Designer
Kimberly Adams
Assistant Costume Designer
Elizabeth Feldbauer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Richard Hornung
Costume Design
Cydney Cornell
Hairstylist
Julie Hewett
Makeup Artist
Scott Plauche
Art Department Coordinator
Kant Pan
Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Maxwell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Sutton
Sound Mixer
Ian Wright
Boom Operator
Rick Dunford
Foley Editor
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Bill M. Puluti
Transportation Captain
A. Welch Lambeth
Transportation Coordinator
Cynthia Quan
Production Accountant
Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor
Nancy Haigh
Set Decoration
Claire Gaul
Assistant Set Decoration
Paige Augustine
Assistant Set Decoration
Frank Viviano
Construction Coordinator
Chris Snyder
Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hanover
Still Photographer
Mary Cybulski
Script Supervisor
James Babineaux
Best Boy Electric
Richard Davis Jr.
Location Manager
Jody Hummer
Assistant Location Manager
Gary Jensen
Stunt Coordinator
Douglas Fox
Property Master
Bill Cancienne
Assistant Property Master
Joseph Timothy Conway
Assistant Property Master
Jack English
Gaffer
Llewellyn Wells
Production Manager
Leslie McDonald
Art Direction
Robert Greenfield
Leadman
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