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?


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Nick Nolte
Vincent Webb

Jeff Bridges
Lyle Carter

Sharon Stone
Rosie

Catherine Keener
Cecilia

Albert Finney
Simms

Shawn Hatosy
Young Vinnie

Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Young Rosie

Liam Waite
Young Carter

Ken Strunk
Charlie
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