Released:
1998-09-11

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.

Director:
John Dahl

Runtime:
2h 1min

Genre:
Drama, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Matt Damon
  as
  Mike McDermott
• 
  Edward Norton
  as
  Lester 'Worm' Murphy
• 
  John Turturro
  as
  Joey Knish
• 
  Gretchen Mol
  as
  Jo
• 
  John Malkovich
  as
  Teddy KGB