Four Dogs Playing Poker is a 2000 crime thriller directed by Paul Rachman

Paul Rachman

Paul Rachman is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival...

 starring Stacy Edwards

Stacy Edwards

Stacy Edwards is an American actress.Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of Patty and Preston Edwards, who was an Air Force officer. She grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18, she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and began her...

, Balthazar Getty

Balthazar Getty

Balthazar Getty is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.-Early life:...

, Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Olivia Haigh Williams is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films and television series.-Early life:Williams was born in Camden Town, London, England...

, Daniel London

Daniel London

Daniel London is an American actor, possibly most notably famous for his roles in Patch Adams and Rent.-Life and career:Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, London began writing and acting in plays in high school. While a student at Mt...

, Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Timothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....

 and Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...

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Plot

A group of friends steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless art dealer. The amateur thieves botch the delivery of the statuette and the art dealer demands that they pay him $1 million by the end of the week or face the consequences: certain death.

Desperate, the friends decide to take out a $1 million life insurance policy on one of themselves with the idea that if one of them is sacrificed, the others will collect on the policy and be able pay off the art dealer. What follows is a reckoning: The friends enter into a lethal lottery to choose who will be the victim and who will be the killer.

Cast

• Olivia Williams
  Olivia Williams
  Olivia Haigh Williams is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films and television series.-Early life:Williams was born in Camden Town, London, England...
  
   as Audrey.
• Balthazar Getty
  Balthazar Getty
  Balthazar Getty is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.-Early life:...
  
   as Julian.
• Arly Jover
  Arly Jover
  Araceli "Arly" Jover is a Spanish actress.-Biography:Araceli Jover was born in Melilla, a Spanish region in Northern Africa. After living there for five years, her family was forced to move to Majorca, in the Balearic Islands because of her father's work as a soldier...
  
   as Maria.
• George Lazenby
  George Lazenby
  George Robert Lazenby is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.-Early life:...
  
   as Carlo.
• Jason Cairns as Oscar.
• Ruben Moreno as Priest.
• Daniel London
  Daniel London
  Daniel London is an American actor, possibly most notably famous for his roles in Patch Adams and Rent.-Life and career:Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, London began writing and acting in plays in high school. While a student at Mt...
  
   as Kevin.
• Stacy Edwards
  Stacy Edwards
  Stacy Edwards is an American actress.Edwards was born in Glasgow, Montana, the daughter of Patty and Preston Edwards, who was an Air Force officer. She grew up all over the world, from Guam to Alabama. At 18, she received a scholarship to the Lou Conte Dance Studio in Chicago and began her...
  
   as Holly.
• Stephen Phillip Jones as Tom.
• Nigel John Taylor
  Nigel John Taylor
  John Taylor is an English musician who is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of pop rock band Duran Duran....
  
   as Dick.
• Tim Curry
  Tim Curry
  Timothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, singer, composer and voice actor, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California....
  
   as Felix.
• Octavia L. Spencer as Waitress.
• Ray Berrios as House Security Guard.
• Peter Mark Vasquez as Data Security Guard.
• Ramiro Fabian as Supervisor.
• Jorge Luis Abreu as Porter.
• Forest Whitaker
  Forest Whitaker
  Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...
  
   as Mr. Ellington.
• Inday Ba
  Inday Ba
  Inday Ba , also known as N'Deaye Ba, was a Swedish-British film, stage, and television actress born in Gothenburg, Sweden....
  
  as Punk Chick.
• Steve Ransohoff as Big Headed Alan.
• Kevin West as Bank Manager.
• Shawn David Thompson as Miranda Rights Cop.
• Fitz Houston as Plainclothes Cop.
• Michelle Bonilla as Young Mother.
• Bruce Bohne as Prison Guard (uncredited).
• Andrea Grano as Wedding Party Guest (uncredited)
• Lauren Moore as Maid of Honor (uncredited)