House of Cards (1990) Reviews & Ratings

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House of Cards reviews

House of Cards holds a 8.0/10 average from 164 TMDB ratings.

As political dramas go, they just don't come any better than this - and Ian Richardson proves a master as an epitome of an ambitious schemer that even Machiavelli would have been proud of. He is "Urquhart", the chief whip of a government under new leadership. It's "Collingwood" (David Lyon) who takes the top job, but when he decides against promoting this local secret-keeper, he makes quite a mistake. Fuelled by his…
— CinemaSerf (9/10)

Frustrated at a new moderate Conservative government and deprived of a promotion to a senior position, chief whip Francis Urquhart prepares a meticulous plot to bring down the Prime Minister then to take his place.

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