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Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Language
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $39,171,130
English
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue $39,171,130
Keywords
gambling
gun
professor
beating
gambler
loan shark
reflective
Casts

Mark Wahlberg
Jim Bennett

John Goodman
Frank

Brie Larson
Amy Phillips

Michael Kenneth Williams
Neville Baraka

George Kennedy
Ed

Jessica Lange
Roberta

Richard Schiff
Jeweler

Andre Braugher
Dean Fuller

Emory Cohen
Dexter

Domenick Lombardozzi
Big Ernie

Anthony Kelley
Lamar Allen

Alvin Ing
Mister Lee

Da'Vone McDonald
Neville's Muscle

Griffin Cleveland
Young Jim

Omar Leyva
Valet

Steve Park
Number 2

Chil Kong
Blackjack Dealer #1

Amin Joseph
Neville's Bookkeeper
Cjon Saulsberry
Neville's Posse
Teebone Mitchell
Neville's Posse

Lauren Weedman
Banker

Leland Orser
Larry Jones
Jasmond Carroll
Neville's Posse
Ria Wilkinson
Neville's Posse

Chanon Finley
Pole Dancer

Jacob Bertrand
Young Boy (uncredited)

Simon Rhee
Mister Lee's Heavy #2

Natalija Ugrina
Masseuse (uncredited)
Brooklynne James
Exotic Dancer Gigi (uncredited)

Erika Jordan
Erotic Dancer Salene (uncredited)

Paul Han
Underground Gambler (uncredited)
Crews
Sally Potters
Assistant Production Coordinator

Rupert Wyatt
Director

William Monahan
Screenplay

Mark Wahlberg
Producer
David Winkler
Producer

James Toback
Story

Irwin Winkler
Producer
Maggie Martin
Set Decoration

William Monahan
Executive Producer

Stephen Levinson
Producer
Keith P. Cunningham
Production Design

Jacqueline West
Costume Design

James Toback
Executive Producer

Jon Brion
Original Music Composer
Pete Beaudreau
Editor
David Crockett
Executive Producer
Sheila Jaffe
Casting
Dawn Swiderski
Art Direction

Robert Chartoff
Producer
Theo Green
Original Music Composer

Greig Fraser
Director of Photography

Michael Bauman
Gaffer
Brooke Lyndon-Stanford
Visual Effects Supervisor
Zachary Fannin
Graphic Designer

Rodriguez
Songs

Eric Norris
Stunts

Randy Hall
Stunts
Keenen Bray
Stunts

Tierre Turner
Stunts
Randy Peters
Stunt Driver

Eddie J. Fernandez
Stunt Driver
Keith Woulard
Stunts
Damien Bray
Stunt Driver

Michael Runyard
Stunts

Ben Hernandez Bray
Stunt Coordinator

Steve Kim
Stunts
Dan Mast
Stunts
Hawk Walts
Stunt Double

Eugene Collier
Stunts
Neil Macwan
Stunts
Frank Torres
Stunts

Ray Siegle
Stunt Double

Ray Siegle
Stunt Driver

Howard Berger
Makeup Department Head
Peter Dress
Second Assistant Director
Johnny Villanueva
Hair Department Head
David Grimaldi
Sound Effects Editor
Chuck Michael
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Brookshire
Dialogue Editor
David Crockett
Unit Production Manager
Jeffrey A. Humphreys
Boom Operator
Chuck Michael
Sound Designer
Dan O'Connell
Foley Mixer

Ron Bartlett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tracy Scott
Script Supervisor

Lee Orloff
Sound Mixer

Douglas Noe
Makeup Artist
Donald Sparks
First Assistant Director
Claire Folger
Still Photographer

R.J. Kizer
ADR Editor

Brad Einhorn
Property Master
Patricia Gundlach
Hairstylist
Tim Gomillion
Sound Recordist
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