Betting the Game

Directed by Tanya Reihill · Starring Michael Sean Tighe, Jeff Marchelletta, Donald Sage Mackay, Stephanie Reuter · 2000

A desperate small-time bookie decides a kidnapping will clear his debts and restore his reputation, but the gamble quickly gets out of hand.

A tense, award-winning USC thesis crime story about a bookie who bets everything on a terrible plan.

A small-time Bookie, in a desperate moment, decides a kidnapping is the answer to recovering his debts and restoring his reputation. But it's a gamble that leaves him in way over his head...

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