Overview
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?
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Vincent Webb
- Jeff Bridges as Lyle Carter
- Sharon Stone as Rosie
- Catherine Keener as Cecilia
- Albert Finney as Simms
- Shawn Hatosy as Young Vinnie
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Young Rosie
- Liam Waite as Young Carter
- Ken Strunk as Charlie
- Angus T. Jones as 5 Year Old Kid