
Casino(1995)
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.


“The Film of Films”
When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

Gibson Gowland
John McTeague

Zasu Pitts
Trina

Jean Hersholt
Marcus

Dale Fuller
Maria

Tempe Pigott
Mother McTeague

Sylvia Ashton
Mommer Sieppe

Chester Conklin
Popper Sieppe

Joan Standing
Selina
Jack Curtis
McTeague Sr. (uncredited)
James F. Fulton
Cribbens a Prospector (uncredited)
Greed is a drama, crime film released in 1924 exploring themes of gold, greed, marriage, lottery, gold mine, money. Directed by Erich von Stroheim, it stars Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt. When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
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