Let It Ride is a 1989 comedy film. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as a normally unsuccessful habitual gambler who experiences a day in which he wins every bet he places. The film was directed by Joe Pytka and written by Nancy Dowd, based on the novel Good Vibes by Jay Cronley.
Let It Ride was mostly filmed at Hialeah Park Race Track, which was closed in 2001. The story's light comedy is centered around the personality contrasts and the perpetually upb...
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Let It Ride is a 1989 comedy film. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as a normally unsuccessful habitual gambler who experiences a day in which he wins every bet he places. The film was directed by Joe Pytka and written by Nancy Dowd, based on the novel Good Vibes by Jay Cronley.
Let It Ride was mostly filmed at Hialeah Park Race Track, which was closed in 2001. The story's light comedy is centered around the personality contrasts and the perpetually upbeat, hopeful attitudes of losers.
Jay Trotter drives a cab. His friend Looney does likewise and has a secret microphone in the taxi to record his passenger conversations.
Looney has a tape of two men talking about a horse race and how one of the horses, due to some unethical practice by its owner, is a sure thing to win big. Trotter realizes the potential value of knowledge of a fixed horse race and goes to the track to make a bet -- despite the fact that the day before, he told his estranged wife Pam that he would quit betting and would be at...
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