Synopsis
As youths in Azusa, Vinnie, Carter, and Rosie pull off a racing scam, substituting winners for plodders and winning big bucks on long odds. When an official uncovers the scam, they set him up for blackmail. Jump ahead twenty years, Carter and Rosie are married, successful racers in Kentucky about to sell their prize stallion, Simpatico. Vinnie is a drunk in Pomona. Vinnie decides to make a play for Rosie, lures Carter to California, steals his wallet and heads for Kentucky with the original blackmail material. Carter begs Vinnie's friend, a grocery clerk named Cecilia, to follow Vinnie and get the stuff back that he has in a box. Will she succeed?
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes25%
Metacritic41/100
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Matthew WarchusDirector
- Matthew WarchusScreenplay
- David NichollsScreenplay
- Stewart CopelandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nick NolteVincent Webb
- Jeff BridgesLyle Carter
- Sharon StoneRosie
- Catherine KeenerCecilia
- Albert FinneySimms
- Shawn HatosyYoung Vinnie
- Kimberly Williams-PaisleyYoung Rosie
- Liam WaiteYoung Carter
- Ken StrunkCharlie
- Angus T. Jones5 Year Old Kid
- Whit CrawfordJean
- Bob HarterLouis
Stills
Themes
horse track