Una psiquiatra ayuda a un jugador compulsivo y es seducida por un elegante timador profesional a entrar en el oscuro pero irresistible mundo de los bajos fondos de artimañas, timadores y est... Leer todoUna psiquiatra ayuda a un jugador compulsivo y es seducida por un elegante timador profesional a entrar en el oscuro pero irresistible mundo de los bajos fondos de artimañas, timadores y estafas.Una psiquiatra ayuda a un jugador compulsivo y es seducida por un elegante timador profesional a entrar en el oscuro pero irresistible mundo de los bajos fondos de artimañas, timadores y estafas.
- Premios
- 6 premios ganados y 5 nominaciones en total
- Billy Hahn
- (as Steve Goldstein)
- Sgt. Moran
- (as W.H. Macy)
Argumento
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- TriviaRicky Jay was a sleight-of-hand artist and an acknowledged authority on the art of the con. In an NPR interview, Jay related that when David Mamet needed a short-change scam to be explained in the movie, he asked Jay for details of an authentic short-change hustle. However, Jay did not want to betray the confidence of the hustlers he knew who still used various short-change cons for their "livelihood". The envelope switch seen in the final film is an original switch invented by Jay specially for the film. Later, it was reported that an amateur thief had been caught attempting to use the switch as he had learned it from the film.
- ErroresMargaret Ford takes her smokes from a package of unfiltered "stubby" Camels, but the actual cigarettes she uses are longer (probably Pall Malls) so they'll "read" better on screen.
- Citas
Joey: The bitch is a booster.
Mike: The bitch is a born thief, man.
Mr. Dean: So, you had her made from the jump?
Mike: I'm tellin' ya. A ton of fuckin' bricks! Show me some REAL con-men.
Joey: Yeah, we showed her some con-men.
Mike: We showed her some DINOSAUR con-men. Some old style.
Joey: Yes, sir.
Mike: Years from now, they're gonna have to go to a museum to see a frame like this.
Joey: That's right.
Mr. Dean: Took her money and screwed her, too.
Mike: A small price to pay.
- Bandas sonorasFugue
From "Toccata in C Minor (BWV 911)"
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Warren Bernhardt (piano)
[Played during both the opening and end credits]
*** out of ****
- Oliver-50
- 9 ene 2005
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Detalles
Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 2,585,639
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 116,677
- 18 oct 1987
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 2,585,639