{{Hatnote|This article is about a film. For the paintings, see ''Dogs Playing Poker''.}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Four Dogs Playing Poker
| image = Four Dogs Playing Poker DVD cover.jpeg | caption = DVD cover | director = Paul Rachman | producer = Steven Hoffman<br />Matt Salinger | writer = Shawn David Thompson (as Thomas Durham)<br />William Quist | starring = Stacy Edwards<br />Balthazar Getty<br />Daniel London<br />Olivia Williams<br />Tim Curry | music = Brian Tyler | cinematography = Claudio Rocha | editing = Conrad M. Gonzalez | distributor = Warner Home Video | released = {{Film date|2000|06|06}} | runtime = 97 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }}
'''''Four Dogs Playing Poker''''' is a 2000 crime thriller directed by Paul Rachman starring Stacy Edwards, Balthazar Getty, Olivia Williams, Daniel London and Tim Curry. Forest Whitaker makes a cameo appearance in the picture.<ref name="Variety">{{cite web |last1=Eisner |first1=Ken |title=Four Dogs Playing Poker |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/four-dogs-playing-poker-1200462677/#! |website=variety.com |date=26 June 2000 |publisher=Variety |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>
==Plot== A group of friends steal a valuable statuette for a ruthless art dealer. The amateur thieves botch the delivery of the statuette and the art dealer demands that they pay him $1 million by the end of the week or face the consequences: certain death.
Desperate, the friends decide to take out a $1 million life insurance policy on one of themselves with the idea that if one of them is sacrificed, the others will collect on the policy and be able pay off the art dealer. What follows is a reckoning: The friends enter into a lethal lottery to choose who will be the victim and who will be the killer.
==Cast== {{cast listing| *Stacy Edwards as Holly *Balthazar Getty as Julian *Olivia Williams as Audrey *Daniel London as Kevin *Tim Curry as Felix *Arly Jover as Maria *George Lazenby as Carlo *John Taylor as Dick *Octavia L. Spencer as Waitress *Inday Ba as Punk Chick *Forest Whitaker as Mr. Ellington }}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0160289|Four Dogs Playing Poker}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|4_dogs_playing_poker}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Four Dogs Playing Poker}} Category:2000 films Category:2000 crime drama films Category:2000 crime thriller films Category:2000s mystery films Category:American crime drama films Category:American mystery films Category:Films scored by Brian Tyler Category:2000 directorial debut films Category:Warner Bros. direct-to-video films Category:2000 English-language films Category:2000 American films Category:English-language crime drama films Category:English-language crime thriller films Category:English-language mystery films
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