

Bookies
2003-01-20 · 88 min · ★ 6.4
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
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Production details
- Directors
- Mark Illsley
- Production companies
- Gemini Film, Intermedia Films, International Arts Entertainment, International West Pictures (IWP), Senzai-Cast, Motion Picture Corporation of America, Taurus Film
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 8,400,000
Top Cast
Nick StahlToby
Johnny GaleckiJude
Lukas HaasCasey
Rachael Leigh CookHunter
David ProvalLarry
John DiehlVincent
Julio Oscar MechosoMartinez
Steve HudsonJulius Garrett
Errol Trotman-HarewoodProfessor Felix
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