Let It Ride (1989)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Joe Pytka

Writers:

Jay Cronley (book)
Nancy Dowd (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 August 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Tagline:

He drinks. He smokes. He gambles. He curses. He thinks about committing adultery. You'll love him.

Plot:

An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose...

Plot Keywords:

Gambling | Bet | Footsie Under The Table | Guard | Two On One Footsie Playing

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Jay Trotter
David Johansen	...	Looney
Teri Garr	...	Pam
Jennifer Tilly	...	Vicki
Allen Garfield	...	Greenberg
Edward Walsh	...	Marty (as Ed Walsh)
Richard Edson	...	Johnny Casino
David Schramm	...	Lufkin
John Roselius	...	Reardon
Joseph Walsh	...	Vibes
Ralph Seymour	...	Sid
Cynthia Nixon	...	Evangeline
Richard Dimitri	...	Tony Cheeseburger
Robert Towers	...	Mickey Jax
Michelle Phillips	...	Mrs. Davis

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Germany:6 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 29574)

Filming Locations:

Hialeah Park - 2200 E. 4th Avenue, Hialeah, Florida, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Let it Ride was filmed at Hialeah Race Course in south Florida during the tracks' off season. Racing was being conducted at nearby Calder Race Course, and Dreyfuss was spotted on several occasions, presumably researching his role as Trotter. Unfortunately, this classic track is now closed, although there is an ongoing rumor that it may reopen at some point.

Goofs:

Continuity: The racehorse owners sat their horse is running on Saturday, yet the day of the race Trotter opens the Daily Racing Form dated Wednesday, January 25th, 1989.

Quotes:

Looney: [after Trotter won but Looney didn't even bet] I'd hate to have to walk around this track with seven hundred dollars cash.
Jay Trotter: Seven hundred and TEN - and you'll never have that problem, because the only reason I won is that you didn't bet! You are the unluckiest person in the world!
Looney: Am not!
Jay Trotter: Am!
Looney: Am not!
Jay Trotter: Am!
[pulling out his racing form]
Jay Trotter: Who do you like in the second?
Looney: The six horse looks pretty good...
Jay Trotter: [dramatically crosses out the six horse on his racing form] You got a brother?
[...]

Soundtrack:

He'll Have to Go

I got the horse right here

A wonderful comedy! Richard Dreyfuss is having a very good day and so do I whenever I see this movie. Such characters! You WILL to root for Trotter if not for his band of misfit hanger-onners. And Jennifer Tilly does what Jennifer Tilly does best. I can't find a single thing wrong with this movie, and it held my attention and completely entertained. I give it a 10.