Let It Ride

Aug 18, 1989

1h 30m

★ 6.4

Everyone in the world deserves a day like this.

Overview

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, no matter how he bets; and he has an incredible day.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Let It Ride Trailers

Cast

Jay Trotter

Richard Dreyfuss

Looney

David Johansen

Pam

Teri Garr

Vicki

Jennifer Tilly

Greenberg

Allen Garfield

Marty (as Ed Walsh)

Edward Walsh

Johnny Casino

Richard Edson

Lufkin

David Schramm

Reardon

John Roselius

Vibes

Joseph Walsh

Sid

Ralph Seymour

Evangeline

Cynthia Nixon

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

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