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.

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Cast

Michael Douglas

Nicholas Van Orton

Sean Penn

Conrad Van Orton

Deborah Kara Unger

Christine

James Rebhorn

Jim Feingold

Peter Donat

Samuel Sutherland

Carroll Baker

Ilsa

Anna Katarina

Elizabeth

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Anson Baer

Charles Martinet

Nicholas' Father

Scott Hunter McGuire

Young Nicholas

Florentine Mocanu

Nicholas' Mother

Elizabeth Dennehy

Maria