HOUSE OF GAMES from ORION PICTURES (1987). It stars Lyndsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna. It was directed by David Mamet. The production made $2.6 million at the box office. It grabbed an audience only in big city movie theaters across the U.S. The film received a "Criterion Collection" digital release in 2007.
A successful female physchiatrist had just wrote a best selling novel. Her life looks like it's complete in a lot of ways. She feels however that there is something missing. She wants to go into a different world where she loses control. As a phsychiatrist. She controls her patients whose lives depend upon her help.
One of her patients, needs more help, than just a "talk" session. This patient has a gun and the phsychiatrist takes it to a man who will eventually control her life. He is obviously a con-man who convinces her that there is a bigger game outside of himself. She lets go of her inhibitions and enjoys this con-game lifestyle.
I will not give anything away.... But - Several gun shots go off and someone is killed. Who takes the bullet? Is this a real game in real life?... I saw this in a movie theater back in 1987. That ending just blew me away - so to speak. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.
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