(Bruce McGill). It does not turn out well. In the 1987 film House of Games, psychiatrist Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) finds herself joining a group of con artists led by Mike Mancuso (Joe Mantegna) in what she believes to be a pigeon drop targeting someone else, only to find out later she was the true target of the scam. In the 1967 film The Flim-Flam Man, Mordecai Jones (George C. Scott) and accomplice Curley (Michael Sarrazin) successfully conduct an intricate pigeon drop on Jarvis Bates (Slim Pickens). In Patrick Rothfuss's book The Wise Man's Fear, Denna describes to Kvothe a 'weeping widow rook', in which a female con artist works with a pawnshop owner to scam young men with money into buying a cheap ring for much greater than its value. In the Squid Game one character convinces Ali Abdul to take a pouch full of pebbles convincing him it is full or marbles needed to win. See also Advance-fee scam References External links Video of a live pigeon drop Confidence tricks