In Seattle, Margaret Ford is a successful psychiatrist and writer of a best-seller. When her client Billy Hahn tells that he owes US$ 25,000 to the gambler Mike, he threatens to commit suicide with a gun. Billy also tells that Mike will kill him anyway and she is not helping him. Margaret feels powerless but she promises to help him if he delivers his pistol to her.
Margaret goes to the House of the Games, a place where gamblers play pool in the saloon and poker in the rear, and she meets the cynical con man Mike. He tells that Billy owes him only US$ 800 and he would forget the debt if she helps him in a poker game. Margaret observes a player but she finds in the end that it was a scheme of Mike and his friends to take money from her.
On the next morning, Margaret visits a patient and she feels that she cannot help her. Her friend and advisor Dr. Maria Littauer suggests that she should give a break in her career and write another book. Margaret seeks out Mike and asks to see how he operates since she wants to study the confidence games to write a book. He agrees and Margaret begins her journey to her dark side.
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House of Games
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Fugue from the Toccata in C Minor
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