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Overview

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6.4/10   2,117 votes
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Director:
Joe Pytka
Writers:
Jay Cronley (book)
Nancy Dowd (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 August 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Action more
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... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
I got the horse right here more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Germany:6 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate no. 29574)

Fun Stuff

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. more
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. more
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?
[...]
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Soundtrack:
He'll Have to Go more

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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
I got the horse right here, 19 February 2000
10/10
Author: Merely from Brocktroit, Massatucky

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.

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