Rounders (1998)
Drama.
Rounders is drama film about the underground world of high-stakes poker, directed by John Dahl and starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton.
Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) loses his money in a poker game against Russian gangster Teddy “KGB” (John Malkovich). Under pressure from his girlfriend, Jo (Gretchen Mol), he promises to quit gambling. This lasts until his friend, Lester “Worm” Murphy (Edward Norton), gets out of prison and needs to pay off an old debt. The pair come close to earning the money back but are caught cheating. Then Mike finds out the debt is owed to Teddy and makes one last-ditch effort to beat the Russian.
Director: John Dahl
Writers: David Levien, Brian Koppelman
Stars: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Martin Landau, Famke Janssen
►Cast:
| Matt Damon | ► | Mike McDermott |
| Gretchen Mol | ► | Jo |
| John Malkovich | ► | Teddy KGB |
| Paul Cicero | ► | Russian Thug |
| Ray Iannicelli | ► | Kenny |
| John Turturro | ► | Joey Knish |
| Merwin Goldsmith | ► | Sy |
| Sonny Zito | ► | Tony |
| Josh Mostel | ► | Zagosh |
| Mal Z. Lawrence | ► | Irving |
| Lenny Clarke | ► | Savino |
| Peter Yoshida | ► | Henry Lin |
| Jay Boryea | ► | Russian Thug #2 |
| Lenny Venito | ► | Moogie |
| Martin Landau | ► | Abe Petrovsky |
| Richard Mawe | ► | Professor Eisen |
| Michael Lombard | ► | D.A. Shields |
| Tom Aldredge | ► | Judge Marinacci |
| Beeson Carroll | ► | Judge Kaplan |
| E. Matthew Yavne | ► | Professor Green |
| Edward Norton | ► | Worm |
| 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 |
| Famke Janssen | ► | Petra |
| Michael Ryan Segal | ► | Griggs |
| Kerry O’Malley | ► | Kelly |
| Slava Schoot | ► | Roman |
| Goran Visnjic | ► | Maurice |
| Michael Rispoli | ► | Grama |
| 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 |
| Bill Camp | ► | Eisenberg |
| Tony Hoty | ► | Taki |
| Mario Mendoza | ► | Zizzo |
| Joe Zaloom | ► | Cronos |
| Sal Richards | ► | Johnny Gold |
| Josh Pais | ► | Weitz |
| John Gallagher | ► | Bartender |
| Adam LeFevre | ► | Sean Frye |
| P.J. Brown | ► | Vitter |
| David Zayas | ► | Osborne |
| Michael Arkin | ► | Bear |
| Murphy Guyer | ► | Detweiler |
| Alan Davidson | ► | Cabbie |
| Angelis Alexandris | ► | Card Player |
| Akiko Ashley | ► | Hooker |
| Dar Billingham | ► | Cocktail Waitress |
| Marcelline Block | ► | Law Student |
| Tim Carr | ► | Cardsharp |
| Salvatore Cavaliere | ► | State Trooper |
| Hans Cozzens | ► | Card Player |
| Brian Donahue | ► | State Trooper |
| Bill Golodner | ► | Russian Thug |
| Michael Griffith | ► | Broke Gambler |
| Jason Hale | ► | College Student |
| Roberto Lopez | ► | Card Player |
| George F. Miller | ► | Prison Guard |
| Robert Sean Miller | ► | State Trooper |
| Natasha Pavlovich | ► | Hostess |
| Maria Soccor | ► | Atlantic City Call Girl |
| Vinny Vella | ► | Card Player at KGB’s |
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