Double Down (film)

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Double Down
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Directed by Mars Callahan
Written by Mars Callahan
Doug Klein
Produced by Andrew Molina
Byron Werner
Starring Jason Priestley
Alicia Coppola
Mars Callahan
Jeremy Blackman
Dinah Manoff
Richard Portnow
David Proval
Peter Dobson
Karen Dior
Kane Picoy
Justin Jon Ross
Narrated by Kane Picoy
Cinematography Christopher C. Pearson
Edited by Michael Chaskes
Music by Micha Liberman
S. Unger
Distributed by Lions Gate
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Double Down [1] (original titled Zigs) is a 2001 American drama film directed by Mars Callahan, and starring Jason Priestley, [1] Peter Dobson and Richard Portnow. It received an R rating by the MPAA. [1] [2]

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Plot

Four young compulsive gamblers waste their lives on booze, broads and bookies. David (Jason Priestley), the heavy-drinking ladies man. Mike (Kane Picoy), a degenerate gambler. Cory the Jersey Jinx (Peter Dobson). Brett (Justin Jon Ross), the guy who tells every girl he loves her on the first date. When they find themselves in debt to a psychotic Christopher Walken obsessed hit man (Mars Callahan) they come up with a radical plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

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References

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