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Lay the Favorite

Comic drama based on actual events. An ex-private dancer is trying to become a waitress in Las Vegas. But when she meets Dink, she changes her plans and gets into sports betting.

Comic drama based on actual events, from British director Stephen Frears.

Chance brings Beth to work for Dink, whose Las Vegas gambling business seeks to make money on the margins between betting odds. But she has the misfortune of being mistrusted by Dink's shrewish wife Tulip and then of having the temptation to try her luck with roguish 'Rosie' operating illegally in New York.

1 hour, 26 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Apr 2019 00:15

Music Played

  • Poison

    Unskinny Bop

  • Michael Crane

    It Doesn't Matter Anymore

  • Lil’ Zane

    How We Ride

Credits

Role Contributor
Dink Heimowitz Bruce Willis
Beth Rebecca Hall
Tulip Catherine Zeta-Jones
Jeremy Joshua Jackson
'Rosie' Vince Vaughn
Holly Laura Prepon
Frankie Frank Grillo
Scott Wayne Pere
Dave Greenberg John Carroll Lynch
Jerry Corbin Bernsen
Dave the Rave Wendell Pierce
Darren Joel Murray
Customer Hugo Armstrong
Magic Rio Hackford
Darcy Jo Newman
Director Stephen Frears

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