The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Two friends discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it, but soon have to deal with the two men who fixed it, the police investigating it, and the mob boss whose amorous wife is mixed up in it.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic35/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- Blake EdwardsDirector
- Blake EdwardsWriter
- Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ted DansonSpence Holden
- Howie MandelDennis Powell
- Richard MulliganWayne "Turnip" Parragella
- Stuart MargolinMaurice "Binky" Drundza
- María Conchita AlonsoClaudia Pazzo
- Jennifer EdwardsEllen Frankenthaler
- Paul SorvinoTony Pazzo
- Vic PolizosDetective Hunker
- James CromwellDetective Blist
- Dennis FranzPhil
- Brooke AldersonAileen
- Rick DucommunWardell
Stills
Themes
horse raceauctionrestaurantmob bossoff track betting