The Game

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Cast

Michael Douglas

as Nicholas Van Orton

Sean Penn

as Conrad Van Orton

Deborah Kara Unger

as Christine

James Rebhorn

as Jim Feingold

Peter Donat

as Samuel Sutherland

Carroll Baker

as Ilsa

Anna Katarina

as Elizabeth

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Anson Baer

Charles Martinet

as Nicholas' Father

Scott Hunter McGuire

as Young Nicholas

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