The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Mark WahlbergJim Bennett
John GoodmanFrank
Brie LarsonAmy Phillips
Michael Kenneth WilliamsNeville Baraka
George Kennedy
Jessica LangeRoberta
Richard SchiffJeweler
Andre BraugherDean Fuller
Emory CohenDexter
Domenick LombardozziBig ErnieAnthony Kelley
Anthony KelleyLamar Allen
Alvin IngMister LeeExplore the crew
- Director
- Rupert Wyatt
- Screenplay
- William Monahan
- Producer
- Mark Wahlberg
- Producer
- David Winkler
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Producer
- Stephen Levinson
- Director of Photography
- Greig Fraser
- Original Music Composer
- Jon Brion
- Original Music Composer
- Theo Green
- Editor
- Pete Beaudreau
- Producer
- Robert Chartoff