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| Director: | Joe Pytka | 
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| Writer: | Nancy Dowd, Jay Cronley | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 18, 1989 | 
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| Director: | Joe Pytka | 
| Writer: | Nancy Dowd, Jay Cronley | 
| Genres: | Comedy | 
| Keywords | gambling, guard, compulsive gambling, blood donation, luck | 
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $4,900,000 Budget: $18,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Robbie Coltrane | Ticket Seller | 
| Tony Longo | Simpson | 
| Mary Woronov | Quinella | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Joe Pytka | Director | 
| Nancy Dowd | Screenplay | 
| Dede Allen | Editor | 
| Jim Miller | Editor | 
| Wolf Kroeger | Production Design | 
| Louis Donelan | Property Master | 
| Michael Calabrese | Set Dresser | 
| Les Lazarowitz | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Bernard Blynder | Production Sound Mixer | 
| Jay Cronley | Book | 
| Chick Bernhard | Stunts | 
| Wallis Nicita | Casting | 
| Giorgio Moroder | Original Music Composer | 
| Curtis J. Wehr | Director of Photography | 
| Arthur Edwards | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Bobby J. Foxworth | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Alex Edlin | Stunts | 
| Artie Malesci | Stunts | 
| Jay Amor | Stunts | 
| Richard Stenta | Production Manager | 
| Austin McCann | First Assistant Director | 
| Linda Montanti | Second Assistant Director | 
| Michael Tadross | Production Supervisor | 
| Enrique Bravo | Camera Operator | 
| Brian Williams | First Assistant Camera | 
| Enrique Bravo Jr. | First Assistant Camera | 
| Dianna L. Slowey | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Randy Nolen | Steadicam Operator | 
| Alan Markfield | Still Photographer | 
| Frederic C. Weiler | Art Direction | 
| William D. McLane | Set Decoration | 
| John Balling | Scenic Artist | 
| Kenneth Wheatley | Painter | 
| Linda Murphy | Boom Operator | 
| Jeffrey Blynder | Boom Operator | 
| Susana Preston | Script Supervisor | 
| Karen Rasch | First Assistant Editor | 
| Wilt Henderson | Assistant Editor | 
| Eric L. Beason | Assistant Editor | 
| Rick Howe | Assistant Editor | 
| Craig Galloway | Assistant Editor | 
| Curt Sobel | Music Editor | 
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Bruce Fortune | Sound Editor | 
| Beth Sterner | Sound Editor | 
| R.J. Palmer | Sound Editor | 
| F. Hudson Miller | Sound Editor | 
| Frank Howard | Sound Editor | 
| John Benson | Sound Editor | 
| Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Joel Fein | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| James Bolt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Juno J. Ellis | Supervising ADR Editor | 
| Shelley Rae Hinton | ADR Editor | 
| Pamela Bentkowski | Foley Editor | 
| Butch Wolf | Foley Editor | 
| Ken Dufva | Foley Artist | 
| David Lee Fein | Foley Artist | 
| Greg Curda | Foley Mixer | 
| Bob Baron | ADR Mixer | 
| Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Mixer | 
| Wendy Keller | Costume Design | 
| Mary Lou Byrd | Costume Supervisor | 
| Vivian Cocheo | Costumer | 
| Elizabeth Lambert | Key Makeup Artist | 
| Gary Walker | Makeup Artist | 
| Mary Ann Valdes | Hairstylist | 
| Susan V. Kalinowski | Hairstylist | 
| Michael Dilbeck | Music Supervisor | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Richard Stenta | Executive Producer | 
| David Giler | Producer | 
| Ned Dowd | Co-Producer | 
| Randy Ostrow | Co-Producer | 
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